Narrow-gauge small locomotives of the Deutsche Reichsbahn
Steam traction was the predominant form of motive power used by the Deutsche Reichsbahn on its narrow-gauge railways.
This applied to all Kleinlokomotiven and they were given serial numbers from 901ff.. Due to the risk of confusion, in 1973 the narrow-gauge diesel locomotives were reclassified to 199.
Two former three-axled Heeresfeldbahnloks of Type HF 130 C were refurbished by the DR for various 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) narrow-gauge lines.
This engine of Type FD 80 with a gauge of 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) was delivered to the Kleinbahnen in the district of Jerichow I in 1936 .
A twin-axled former pit locomotive from the Heeresfeldbahn fleet, built in 1944 at Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz, which was stored after the war at Dahme.
It was renovated in 1959 for use at RAW Dessau, the main change being a larger driver's cab.
In 1967 she was sold to Pretzien to the Ballerstedt Transport KG, where she hauled gravel trains until 1980.
The locos were with equipped with water-cooled, four-cylinder, four-stroke diesel engines generating a nominal 60 horsepower.
Two metre-gauge examples of this class were originally built for the Soviet Army and ended up in the Industriebahn Halle in 1965 where they were used to shunt the sidings.
The technically identical locomotives only differed in appearance: The second was given a 2800 mm wide driver's cab, so that the vision when shunting with standard-gauge wagons was better.
Instead of a buffer this locomotive had a long coupling rod (Kuppelbaum) for rollbock work.
In 1957 the locomotive with factory number 250027 was delivered to the VEB Kieswerk Ottendorf-Okrilla gravel works with a gauge of 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) .
In 1962 it was regauged to 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) and transferred to the sugar factory, VEB Zuckerfabrik Döbeln.
In 1970 they sold it to the VEB Gießerei foundry and engineering works of "Ferdinand Kunert" (GISAG) at Schmiedeberg and operated it as loco no.
In 1957 locomotive 250026 was delivered to the ballast works of VEB Schotterwerk Althüttendorf with a gauge of 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in).
Later it was sold to the brick factory of VEB Ziegelwerk Ueckermünde and regauged to 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) .
The locomotives of Type V 10 C were further developed by LKM Babelsberg from the Ns 4, production of which had ceased in 1958.
Two 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in), metre-gauge, examples of this type, built in 1964, initially in service in Gotha at an industrial firm, went to the Spreewald Railway in 1970.
