Mosbach–Mudau Nos. 1 to 4

Mosbach–Mudau Nos. 1 to 4 Baden C DRG Class 99.720
Number(s)	1 - 4 DRG 99 7201-7204
Quantity	4
Manufacturer	Borsig
Year(s) of manufacture	1904
Retired	1964/1965
Wheel arrangement	0-6-0
Axle arrangement	C n2t
Gauge	1,000 mm
Length over buffers	7,060 mm
Height	3,600 mm
Width	2,260 mm
Empty weight	18 t
Service weight	23 t
Axle load	7.7 t
Top speed	30 km/h
Indicated Power	160 PS / 118 kW
Driving wheel diameter	900 mm
Valve gear	Allan
No. of cylinders	2
Cylinder bore	320 mm
Piston stroke	420 mm
Boiler Overpressure	12 bar
No. of heating tubes	129
Grate area	1.78 m²
Tube heating area	47.15 m²
Water capacity	2,4 m³
Fuel	0.9 t coal
Locomotive brakes	Exter counterweight brake
Train brakes	Körting vacuum brake, later Westinghouse compressed-air brake
Couplers	Balancierhebelkupplung

The Mosbach–Mudau engines Nos. 1 to 4 (or Baden C) were six-wheeled, narrow gauge, tank locomotives designed for the metre gauge line from Mosbach to Mudau.

History

The four locomotives were built in 1904 by the firm of Borsig. The frame was designed as a water tank. Due to the steep inclines it had a large boiler, the boiler barrel consisting of two shells.

It had an Allan valve gear with trick valves. The connecting rods drove the third coupled wheels. The loco had an Exter counterweight brake for the engine and a Körting vacuum brake for the train. This was probably replaced in 1926 by a Westinghouse compressed-air brake. When the Deutsche Reichsbahn took over the operational running of the state-owned by privately operated line from the Deutsche Eisenbahn-Betriebsgesellschaft, a subsidiary of the firm of Vering & Waechter who had built the line, these engines were incorporated into their fleet as numbers 99 7201 to 99 7204. In 1964/1965 the steam locomotives were retired and replaced by diesel locomotives. Until then they had managed all the traffic, no other locomotives were even employed in a temporary role.

Preserved

99 7202 as a monument at the former terminus of Mudau

All the locomotives have been preserved until the present day.

• 99 7201 stood for a long time as a monument near Passau, before being acquired in 2007 by the Hirzbergbahn.
• 99 7202 is a monument at Mudau station.
• 99 7203 was used by the Albtalbahn from 1964 to 1966 for maintenance of way duties. It then went to the Karlsruhe gasworks and, later the Viernheim narrow gauge museum. Finally it ended up with the Ulmer Eisenbahnfreunde and has been in museum railway service since 1990 on the Amstetten–Oppingen line.
• 99 7204 was stored at Oberbernbach in Bavaria for a long time before being transferred in 1999 to the Märkische Museum Railway in Plettenberg.

Sources

• Josef Högemann: Schmalspurbahn Mosbach - Mudau.Verlag Kenning, Nordhorn 1993, (Nebenbahndokumentationen 5), ISBN 3-927587-15-X
• Horst J. Obermayer: Taschenbuch Deutsche Schmalspur-Dampflokomotiven. Franckh, Stuttgart 1971, ISBN 3-440-03818-1
• Alexander Neumann: 99 7201-7204. Vier Dampfloks begehen ihren Hundertsten. in: Die Museumseisenbahn 3/2004, S. 10-21. ISSN 0936-4609

See also

• Grand Duchy of Baden State Railway
• List of Baden locomotives and railbuses

External links

• There is a relevant English-language forum at Railways of Germany

Classes of Baden locomotives and railcars Early locomotives Baden I a (old) I b (old) II (old) III a (old) III b (old) III c (old) IV (old) V (old) VI (old) VII (old) VIII (old) Passenger and express train locomotives Baden II a (old) II a (old) II a II b II c II d III III a III b IV a IV b IV c IV e IV f IV g IV h V a VI P 8 Goods train locomotives Baden VII a VII b VII b VII c VII d VIII a VIII b VIII c VIII e G 12 Tank locomotives Baden I a I b I c I d I e I f I g IV d V b VI a VI b VIc VIII d IX a IX b X X a X b Narrow gauge and electric locomotives and railbuses Baden C A1 A2 A3 133c 121a 133d Grand Duchy of Baden State Railways