Tm Köf II

Builder Arnold Jung GmbH, Jungenthal
Year built 1959
Works number 13150
Weight in working order 17 tonnes
Length over body 6 450 mm (6 045 mm = 19 feet 10 inches)
Wheelbase 2 500 mm
Maximum speed 45 km/h (25 mph)
Power 128 hp (94 kW)
Driving wheel diameter 820 mm (2 feet 8 inches)
Fuel capacity 200 liters diesel
Type / construction Köf II / B-dh

 

Köf II 13150 (ex DB 6712, then 323 782-3) :

Mutations
__.__.1959 Delivery to the DB - Deutsche Bundesbahn - Köf 6712
13.01.1960 Reception
01.01.1968 Renumbering according to the pattern UIC : 323 872-3
01.11.1982 z-Stellung
29.12.1983 Ausmusterung [Hof]
__.03.1984 to OSS - Oswald Steam Samstagern, Samstagern (CH)
__.04.1993 to VVT - Vapeur Val-de-Travers, St-Sulpice/NE (CH)
Swiss name : Tm 2/2 Köf II"
Service
  - 30.10.1981 Bw Bayreuth
31.10.1981 -   Bw Hof

Although only small, this german shunter can haul two or three hundred tonnes. Saved by Oswald Steam after being withdrawn from service this shunter was sold to the VVT with the BR 52 221 after it's original owner no longer required it, on condition that it retained the same livery (these colours corresponded with those of the VVT).

A White diesel engine drives the axles via a hydraulic converter and chain driven transmission. The low footplate makes it easy to board or alight.

For supplementary information, please visit this page in French or German or ask for an automatic translation by Google.

Source / links (in German) :

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/DRG_Kleinlokomotive_Leistungsgruppe_II

http://www.Deutsche-Kleinloks.de, umfangreiche Datenbank aller Köf

http://www.kleinlok.de

http://www.db-loks.de/tfz/323.html

http://www.voisin.ch/vvt/ : 03.02.2008