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NWE No. 21
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Friedrich Krupp AG· from 1939· preserved German metre-gauge 2-6-2T locomotive
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. DR Class 99 6001: Gunnar Möller· CC BY-SA 2.0 de
what is it?
The NWE No. 21II, later DR 99 6001 is a narrow gauge steam locomotive that was built in 1939 for a track gauge of one metre and is still on duty with the Harz Narrow Gauge Railways (HSB) today.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 87 years ago, in 1939.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1939
- in service from
- 1939
- number built
- 1
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Friedrich Krupp AG, Lokomotiv- und Waggonbaufabrik Krupp
- operators
- Deutsche Reichsbahn (GDR), Nordhausen-Wernigeroder Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, Harzer Schmalspurbahnen
- top speed
- 50 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- weight
- 37.8 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1961687, Wikipedia: NWE No. 21 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.