Heeresfeldbahnlokomotive HF 160 D

HF 160 D
Number(s): ÖBB 699.01-03
ÖBB 699.101-104 (rebuild)
SKGLB 19
W&LLR No. 10
Manufacturer: Société Franco-Belge
Year(s) of manufacture: 1944-45
Retired: 1968
Wheel arrangement: 0-8-0
Axle arrangement: 2
Axle arrangement: D n2(t)+T
Gauge: 750/760 mm
Top speed: 25 km/h
Indicated Power: 160 PSi
Valve gear: Walschaerts (Heusinger)
No. of cylinders: 2
Tender: 2T6
Tender service weight: 12,5 t
Water capacity: 0,6 m³ * + 6m³ **
Fuel: 0,5 t * + 2,5 t **
Locomotive brakes: Counterweight brake, Steam brake
*) Loco capacity
**) Tender capacity

The German narrow gauge steam locomotives of military field railway (Heeresfeldbahn) class HF 160 D were 0-8-0 tender locomotives developed for wartime service during the Second World War. The engines were also classified as Kriegsdampflokomotive 11 (wartime steam locomotive 11) or KDL 11. After the war the locomotives were put to use for civilian purposes.

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HF 160 D in Austria

In the Austrian Federal Railway (ÖBB), the locomotives were grouped into Class 699. Class 699.1 was a rebuild of the engines into tank locomotives. Class 699 engines could be encountered on several ÖBB narrow gauge railways: the Bregenzerwald Railway, the Pinzgau Railway, the Waldviertel Narrow Gauge Railway, the Vellach Valley Railway and the Steyr Valley Railway. Six engines had been retired by 1973, number 699.103 belonged to the operating fleet of the Steyrtalbahn until its withdrawal in 1982.

Post 1945

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