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The Nordhausen-Wernigerode Railway Company incorporated twelve Mallet locomotives into its fleet as Numbers 11 to 22. In 1950 the locomotives were designated as Class 99.590 by the East German Deutsche Reichsbahn. == History == In 1897, shortly after the railway company's foundation, the first of a new batch of locomotives was built for the NWE by Arnold Jung in Jungenthal. It was a Mallet engine and was numbered NWE 11. The fleet quickly grew to 12 locos of which nine were made by Jung and three by the ''Mecklenburgische Maschinen- und Waggonbau AG'' in Güstrow. The locomotives were very reliable, but six had to be given to the military during the First World War (including all those from Güstrow), and they never returned from their wartime duties. In 1927, one locomotive (NWE 12II) had an accident in Thumkulenthal. The engine, one passenger coach and the luggage van were so badly damaged that they had to be dismantled on the spot. In the mid-1950s, three newly designed locomotives (''Neubauloks'') of DR Class 99.23–24 came to the Harz Railway. As a result, the Mallets were no longer needed and were given to the Selke Valley Railway. Two were scrapped - 99 5905 in 1975 and 99 5904 in 1990 - but the remaining three are still in the fleet. Nos. 99 5901 and 99 5903 were repainted in their historic green livery with yellow ornamentation. In addition, they were given their old numbers again: NWE 11 and NWE 13II. No. 99 5902 now has the number NWE 12III and runs in green livery. After all its licences expired, maintenance on no. 99 5903 was deferred. The current fleet of the Harz Narrow Gauge Railways: * 99 5901: currently undergoing its general inspection in Meiningen, * 99 5902: available for specials, * 99 5903: licences expired, in Wernigerode Westentor station. A similar locomotive is no. 99 5906. 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「NWE Nos. 11 to 22」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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