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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 2007-06-09 D Lok 996101, Bj. 1914: Lothar Spurzem· CC BY-SA 2.0 de
- 2. 2007-06-09 C Lok 996101 Wasseraufnahme (ret): Lothar Spurzem· CC BY-SA 2.0 de
what is it?
NWE Nos. 6 and 7, later Class 99.610, are narrow gauge tank locomotives with a C axle arrangement that belonged to the Nordhausen-Wernigerode Railway. The two engines had been supplied to the Army Technical Research Institute (Heerestechnische Prüfungsanstalt) but were transferred in 1917 (superheated steam engine) and 1921 (saturated steam engine) to the Nordhausen-Wernigerode Railway as NWE 6 and NWE 7.
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 112 years ago, in 1914.
- Weighs about as much as 4 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
- 1914
- number built
- 2
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Henschel & Sohn
- top speed
- 30 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- wheel arrangement
- C h2t
- weight
- 26 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1961689, Wikipedia: NWE Nos. 6 and 7 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.