The Saxon Class V K were German narrow gauge

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operated by the

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which had been primarily intended for the '' Müglitztalbahn''. In 1925 the

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incorporated arranged these locomotives as DRG Class 99.61.

History

For the hilly line of the ''Müglitztalbahn'' from

Mügeln Mügeln () is a town in the district Nordsachsen, in Saxony, Germany. It is located 9 km southwest of Oschatz and 14 km northwest of Döbeln. The town has a population of approximately 5,808 people. Geography Mügeln lies almost equi ...

Geising Geising is a ''Stadtteil'' (municipal division) of Altenberg in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district, in Saxony, Germany.

- Altenberg the

Sächsische Maschinenfabrik The Sächsische Maschinenfabrik in Chemnitz was one of the most important engineering companies in Saxony in the second half of the 19th century and the first two decades of the 20th century. Including its various predecessor businesses, the firm ...

Chemnitz Chemnitz (; from 1953 to 1990: Karl-Marx-Stadt (); ; ) is the third-largest city in the Germany, German States of Germany, state of Saxony after Leipzig and Dresden, and the fourth-largest city in the area of former East Germany after (East Be ...

developed an eight-coupled locomotive which, it was envisaged, would handle this route better that the hitherto deployed Saxon Classes I K and IV K. In 1901 and from 1905 to 1907 a total of nine locomotives were placed in service. Those built in 1905 had a slightly larger driver's cab. Whilst the new type of drive using Klien-Lindner axles allowed the engines to negotiate tight curves, in the end the new Class V K proved just as complicated and maintenance-intensive as the tried and tested IV K. For that reason no more were procured, despite their better starting characteristics. All nine engines, numbered 201 to 209 were taken over in 1920 by the

and in 1925 were renumbered to 99 611 to 99 619. Between 1934 and 1942 the locomotives were all retired. It is possible that several locomotives were left on the battlefields of the

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following duties at the front.

Technical features

The

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had the same dimensions as the Saxon IV K. The boiler feed was provided by two ''Friedmann''

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. The steam engine itself was a two-

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which drove the second

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. The low-pressure cylinder on the right was set at an angle due to its large size. The first and fourth coupled axles were Klien-Lindner hollow axles which enabled an outside

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with Hall cranks. Two pull rods arranged in a cross enabled the transverse movement of the two hollow axles to be set by the same amount. For braking, the locomotives were originally equipped with a steam brake and

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. In addition the locomotives were fitted for

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s. But by 1920 they were given the new ''Körting''

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s for engine and train. The water supplies were carried in side tanks; the coal was stored in a bunker behind the cab.

Duties

The six locomotives went into service on the ''Müglitztalbahn''. Even after the appearance of the more powerful VI K they remained on this route. After the conversion of the ''Müglitztalbahn'' to standard

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in the 1930s the locomotives were transferred to other lines. They were used on the

and

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railway networks and the Taubenheim–

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narrow gauge railway.

Literature

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History

Technical features

Duties

See also

Literature