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The HK 94–100 is a series of four-axled, German Mallet locomotives with a track gauge. == History == In 1918, the ''Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft Karlsruhe'' built seven Mallet locomotives for service on railways operated by the German Army, because the existing locomotives they had commandeered were no longer capable enough. To save time older designs were used. The locomotives were accepted into service by the Army Testing Commission For Field Railways (''Heeresprüfkommission für Feldbahnen'') or HK, and designated as HK 94 to 100. They were used on the Army's military railways known as ''Heeresfeldbahnen''. The locomotives did not continue in military service, however, due to the end of the war, and were handed over to various private railways, some as substitutes for locomotives that had been commandeered for wartime service. Three locomotives went to the Ruhr-Lippe Railways, and one each to the Euskirchen District Railways, the Haspe-Voerde-Breckerfeld Light Railway, the Nordhausen-Wernigerode Railway Company (NWE) and the Alb Valley Railway. Apart from two, they were all retired by the late 1950s/early 1960s. In 1928, the loco from Haspe was sold to the South German Railway Company for the Zell im Wiesental–Todtnau railway after the original line had been electrified. From there it went in 1968 to the Blonay-Chamby Museum Railway in Switzerland, where, in 2008, in went into service under its old number, 105.〔Loco portrait at the homepage of the (Freundeskreis Selketalbahn )〕〔Homepage of the (Blonay-Chamby Museum Railway )〕 To supplement its Mallet locomotives (NWE Nos. 11 to 22), in 1920 the NWE bought NWE 41II (there was already a no. NWE 41). This was given number 99 5906 by the East German Deutsche Reichsbahn. In 1955 it was also given to the Selke Valley Railway along with the company's other Mallet locomotives. The locomotive is externally very similar to the other Mallet engines, only the driver's cab is noticeably different. The loco is in working order and is generally used by the Harz Narrow Gauge Railways on the Selke Valley Railway in charge of scheduled trains. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HK 94–100」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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