#0731
Württemberg Ts 4
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Maschinenfabrik Esslingen· from 1891· class of 3 German metre-gauge 0-8-0T locomotives
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Vierfach gekuppelte Locomotive System Klose (Linie Nagold-Altensteig): Unknown photographer· Public domain
- 2. Württ. Ts 4 „BERNECK“: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The DRG Class 99.17, formerly the Württemberg Ts 4 of the Royal Württemberg State Railways were German narrow gauge steam locomotives bought for working the 15.11 kilometre long route between the towns of Altensteig and Nagold. The three tank locomotives had an outer frame and a Klose drive. The first and third axles were steered by the third, radially-sliding axle by means of a system of levers.
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 135 years ago, in 1891.
- 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
- 1891–1899
- retired
- 1931
- status
- retired
- number built
- 3
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Maschinenfabrik Esslingen
- top speed
- 30 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- weight
- 23.7 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1486374, Wikipedia: Württemberg Ts 4 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.