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DRG Class 99.21
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Henschel & Sohn· from 1929· class of 1 German metre-gauge 0-6-0T locomotive for the Wangerooge Island Railway
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Wangerooge 99211: Stefan Flöper· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
Built in 1929 by German locomotive builder Henschel & Son, the Deutsche Reichsbahn Class 99.21 was a unique narrow gauge 0-6-0T steam tank locomotive built for the Wangerooge Island Railway on Wangerooge, one of the German-owned Friesian islands in the North Sea.
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 97 years ago, in 1929.
- Weighs about as much as 2 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 31 years (1929–1960).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1929
- in service from
- 1929
- retired
- 1960
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Henschel & Sohn
- operators
- Deutsche Bundesbahn, Deutsche Reichsbahn
- top speed
- 40 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
- weight
- 14.8 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q997437, Wikipedia: DRG Class 99.21 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.