Heeresfeldbahnlokomotive HF 160 D
The German narrow gauge steam locomotives of military field railway (Heeresfeldbahn) class HF 160 D were tender locomotives developed for wartime service during the Second World War. The engines were also classified as Kriegsdampflokomotive 11 (wartime steam locomotive 11) or KDL 11. After the war the locomotives were put to use for civilian purposes. HF 160 D in Austria In the Austrian Federal Railway (ÖBB), the locomotives were grouped into Class 699. Class 699.1 was a rebuild of the engines into tank locomotives. Class 699 engines could be encountered on several ÖBB narrow gauge railways: the Bregenzerwald Railway, the Pinzgau Railway, the Waldviertel Narrow Gauge Railway, the Vellach Valley Railway and the Steyr Valley Railway. Six engines had been retired by 1973, number 699.103 belonged to the operating fleet of the Steyrtalbahn until its withdrawal in 1982. Post 1945 Société Franco-Belge 2817/1944: HF 2817 → ÖBB 699.101 → Gurk Valley Railway 699.101, operational Société Franco-Belge 2818/1944: HF 2818 → ÖBB 699.01 → Club 760 699.01, working, in use on the Taurachbahn Société Franco-Belge 2819/1944: HF 2819 → ÖBB 699.102 Société Franco-Belge 2821/1944: HF 2821 → ÖBB 699.103 Société Franco-Belge 2822/1944: HF 2822 → ÖBB 699.02 → ? → Deutsches Technikmuseum