LGB 99 7234-0 Instructions De Service page 13

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DR Steam Locomotive 99 7234-0
THE PROTOTYPE
To replace some of their antiquated
models, and to substitute those
steam locomotives which were lost
in the war or due to reparations paid,
the Deutsche Reichsbahn ordered
seventeen new steam locomotives
with 1,000 mm track width from the
railway manufacturer "Karl Marx"
(LKM) in Babelsberg. Their design
ressembled those standard locomo-
tives 99 221-223 which were built in
1931 by Berliner Maschinenbau AG
BMAG (previously Louis Schwartz-
kopff) for the Deutsche Reichsbahn
Gesellschaft. The new locomotives
were numbered from 99 231 to 247.
Like the standard locomotives, they
feature a wheel arrangement of 2-10-
2 and a nomimal power of 700 h.p.
Initially, the engines which were
delivered between 1955 and 1957 to
serve in the Harz Mountains faced
some problems, but afterwards they
proved their excellence. Four loco-
motives initially worked the Eisfeld –
Schönbrunn line in Thuringia. When
the line was closed in 1973, they
were relocated to the Railway Works
Wernigerode.
When a DR-based numbering sys-
tem was introduced in 1970, the run-
ning numbers of the narrow-gauge
steam locos were altered by adding a
"7", indicating a track width of
1,000mm, in front of the original
ordinal. Additionally, a check digit
was added. On February 1, 1993 the
recently founded "Harzer Schmal-
spurbahnen GmbH" took over the
network and the rolling stock from
the Deutsche Reichsbahn, with the
vehicles keeping their original run-
16
ning numbers. The prototype for the
LGB replica is the 99 7234-0, which,
like her sister locomotives, still oper-
ates almost daily on the Brocken
route through the Harz.
THE MODEL
General
The DR steam locomotive 99 7234-0
is part of the LGB range of more than
600 high- quality products. The
product range includes: locomotives,
trains, track system and accessories
in size G as well as the LGB multi-
train system MTS.
For more information on the com-
plete LGB product range, please refer
to the comprehensive LGB catalog,
or visit www.lgb.com.
Safety note
ATTENTION! All safety notes given in
these operating instructions must be
observed!
Design
- Weatherproof model as detailed
replica
- Luxuriously equipped
- Specially developed frame with
center-pivot articulation, which
even allows this locomotive
featuring a very long wheel base to
negotiate R1 curves.
A larger radius R3 or R5 is
however recommended, in order to
- increase operating safety;
- imitate original use.
Equipped with (24811, 24812)
- Traction tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
- Power pickups . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
- Powered wheels . . . . . . . . . . . .10
- Multi-purpose socket . . . . . . . . .1
- Encapsulated gearbox with
seven-pole Bühler engines 3 . . . .2
- Lamps, directional light
change on/off 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . .11