Germany - October 1998

Locomotive builder abbreviations
	BBA	= Betrieb für Bergbauausrüstungen, Aue, DDR. (Sub. of Wismut)
	HE	= Hunslet Engine Co., Hunslet, Leeds, England.
	Kaluga	= Калужский Машиностроитедьный завод (Kaluga Loco Works), USSR.
	LHB	= Linke-Hoffmann-Busch, Salzgitter.
	LKM	= VEB Lokomotivbau Karl Marx, Potsdam-Babelsberg, DDR.
	MB Trac	= Mercedes-Benz AG., Stuttgart, Germany  (road/rail tractors)
	Rep	= loco under repair during the visit.
	oou	= out of use and dumped at the time of the visit.
	Pvd	= preserved.
	Der	= derelict.
	Dsm	= dismantled.

Information written in italics is from other sources (previous visits, other visitors, etc.), and was not obtained during these visits. 
11/10/1998
BELGIUM
Hessenatie NV, Muisbroek Laan, Antwerp docks
	1	0-4-0DH	HE	7325	1976
	2	0-4-0DH	HE	7326	1973
Maritime Terminals NV, Havens 466/468, Antwerp docks
		 4wDM	Unimog
Fina Chemicals, Kastelweg, Antwerp docks
		 4wDM	MB Trac
12/10/1998
GERMANY
Mannesmann Handel, Ratingen
The former O&K loco has been replaced with a Jung, still with the giant buffer on one side.
	5	 4wDH	Jung	13872	1966	RC24B			(a)
(a)	ex GASAG, Gaswerk Mariendorf, Berlin, 5, /1996.
Friedrich Erfurt und Sohn, Wuppertal-Bayenburg
The line into the back of the works appeared not to have been used for some time, but the gates were wide open. The shed is near the gates and the roller door was not locked, so I was able to lift it up. Inside was a Köf II, which was just small enough to fit inside.
		 4wDH	Deutz	57318	1960	Köf II			(a)
(a)	ex DB, 323 216-2, (a 31/7/1995).
13/10/1998
Ziegelwerk Hermann Eusterbrock, Stromberger Straße 35, Rheda-Weidenbrück
This works is just outside the town, near the road to Stromberg. It closed some time ago, and is now owned by the next door farm. However the kiln still exists and the loco is stored alongside.
600mm
		 4wDM	Schöma	2205	1959	CDL-20	20ps	3t	oou
Pfleiderer Industrie, Wirus Werk, Gütersloh
This is the new name of the former Wirus-Werke W.Ruhenstroth GmbH. I could not see if they still have any locos.
Mannesmann Hoesch Präzisrohr GmbH, Werk Brackwede, Bielefeld-Brackwede
The works appeared closed and I could not see if they still have any locos.
Stora Carbonless Paper GmbH, Bielefeld-Hillegossen
They were very friendly here and showed me their loco. This had recently been repainted in a rather striking scheme – purple frames, with mauve body. The body had a wavy symbol scattered over it and also carried the trade name ‘Giroform’. The driver said that it had been rebuilt in 1995 with a new 250PS engine, and that before this loco there had been a smaller 120PS machine. He also said that the sharp curves on some sidings cause extra wear on the right hand wheels, so every two years they take the loco down to the DB turntable and turn it round, to equalise the wear.
A plaque on the wall near the main gate said that Papierfabrik Hillegosen (sic) was founded in 1799 by Georg Friedrich Halbrock. This works was built between 1871 and 1883 by Theodor and August Halbrock.
		 4wDH	Deutz	57488	1962	KG230B	250ps	36t	(a)
(a)	ex Stahl- und Walzwerk Rasselstein, Neuwied, Werk Andernach, /1988, via WLH.
Pfeifer & Langen, Zuckerfabrik Lage
I was told that there used to be a larger Deutz here, but it went to a railway museum last year. It was reported that there used to be a road/rail Unimog here, but this is not here now.
		0-4-0DH	Deutz	57819	1965	KS55B		14t	(a)
(a)	ex Pfeifer & Langen, Elsdorf, /1997.
Mindener Lagerhausgesellschaft MILAG GmbH, Werftstraße, Minden
This small harbour in the north of town and still has rail traffic. However the loco has not been used for some time and was locked in a small shed right at the end of the site.
	1	 4wDM	Breuer	3079	1954	VL			oou
Mindener Lagerhausgesellschaft MILAG GmbH, Hafen, Hille
This small harbour is right at the end of the Mindener Kreisbahn, on the Mittelland Kanal, and there is still quite a lot of rail traffic to quay on the south side of the canal. I could not get in, but could see a Köf in the distance.
		 4wDH	Deutz	57014	1959	Köf II			(a)
(a)	ex DB, 323 104-0.
Staatsbad Bad Nenndorf, Torfwerk, Hagenburg, near Wunstorf
The line started at a raised, steel tipping trestle, followed a minor road to a small depot and then out onto the moor. The trestle is still there, but most of the track has gone. The depot is now owned by ‘A.S.V. “Petri Heil” Hagenburg e.V.’. There were three rail skips behind and it is possible that the loco may be still locked inside the depot building.
14/10/1998
Kali & Salz GmbH, Werk Sigmundshall, Bokeloh, near Wunstorf
A big works, but there are now only two working standard gauge locos here, with a third in bits near the shed. I was told that there are also a lot of diesels used underground in the mine.
	Nr.2	0-4-0DH	MaK	220.040	1959	240B		28t
	Nr.3	0-6-0DH	MaK	220.077	1962	240C		32t
	Nr.4	0-6-0DH	MaK	220.078	1962	240C			Dsm
Heinrich Pflüger, Adolph-Brosnang-Straße, Wunstorf
This timber yard is near the DB station. The loco was stored under a sheet in the yard.
		0-4-0DM	Deutz	47065	1950	A4L514R			oou
Riedel-de Haën AG, Seelze
	T-80	 4wDM	MB Trac		1987
		0-4-0F	Hen	24559	1950				Pvd
		0-4-0DM	Ruhr	3620	1959	ND 150 Ö/V			Pvd
Brinker Hafen Gesellschaft mbH, Am Brinker Hafen 7, Hannover-Brinker Hafen
The office building is in the street 'Am Brinker Hafen', with the loco shed nearby. NR.1 was in the shed, with Nr.3 working. The little Ruhrtaler was standing at the far end of track beside the harbour basin, and is possibly preserved.
	NR.1	 4wDH	Deutz	57810	1961	KG275B			Rep
	Nr.3	 4wDH	OK	26775	1971	MB280N
		0-4-0DM	Ruhr	2371	1942	NDL S4		10t	oou
Hannoversche Presswerk Max Müller GmbH, Max Müller Straße 22, Hannover-Vinnhorst
The Schöma is the working loco, with the Jung in reserve. The manager told me that they were trying to find a museum for this loco. He said that most of these small Jung’s had been rebuilt with new Hanomag engines, but this one still had the original engine.
	1	 4wDM	Jung	9914	1941	ZN113	22/24ps	10t	oou
		 4wDH	Schöma	3949	1975	CHL-30GR	49ps	10t
Wilhelm Ludwig, Leinhäuser Weg, Hannover-Leinhausen
The site has closed and been cleared, and is now being used to dump earth.
Warnholz (?), Entenfangweg, Hannover-Herrenhausen
This was the site of the big machinery dealers Louis Eilers Industrie GmbH, but the place is now mostly closed and parts of the site sold off to other firms. However one loco was still dumped in the yard. The loco has a strange grill at the front end and is painted yellow.
	323 976-1	 4wDH	Deutz	36679	1941	Köf II			oou
Vereinigte Aluminiumwerke AG. (VAW), Hannover-Linden
Rail traffic has ceased, but I could not see if they still have any locos.
Teutonia Misburger Portland-Zementwerke, Hannover-Misburg
I could see the 1000mm gauge electric system in the big pit north of the DB, with a loco and some wagons. However it looked as if it is out of use.
Misburger Hafen Gesellschaft mbH, Am Hafen, Hannover-Misburg
I could see at least one loco locked in the shed, with what may have been the top of a smaller loco. The whole area is very run down, with a lot of derelict land.
Hafenbetriebsges. Braunschweig mbH, Braunschweig-Hafen
The locos were locked in the shed.
	Lok 5	 4wDH	Deutz	58237	1968	KG230B
	Lok 6	0-4-0DH	MaK	220.110	1983	G 321
15/10/1998
Radsatzfabrik Ilsenburg GmbH, Fürst-Stolberg-Hütte, Ilsenburg
This works is right next to the DB Bahnhof.
		0-4-0D	LKM	252403		V10B
		 4wDH	Kaluga			TGK 2E1
Salzgitter AG, Werk Ilsenburg
The gateman told me they have 5 blue locos and 2 yellow. The locos had cast plates from Verkehrsbetriebe Paine-Salzgitter.
	522	 6wDH	LHB	3109	1965	375C
	533	 6wDH	LHB	3129	1966	375C
Harzer Reifenhandel und Verwertung Wernigerode GmbH, Minsleben
This used to be a coal depot - Kohlehandel Magdeburg, BT Minsleben, but is now used for storing piles of old car tyres. There is no longer any rail traffic and the locos are now dumped beside the loco shed, without their plates
	2	0-4-0DM	LKM	252237	1961	V10B			oou
		 4wDH	Kaluga	148	1984	TGK 2E1			oou
Fels-Werke GmbH, Werk 3, Rübeland
	D-04	0-8-0DH	LEW	13781	1973	V60D
	D-05	 6wDH	Hen	31861	1975	DHG 700
		 4wD	Vollert	95/013	1995			20t
		 4wCE	Vollert	94/044	1994			25t
	SKL 25LK	 4wDRc*	Kirchmoser		1988
*	“Draisine”.
Fels-Werke GmbH, Werk 2, Kalkwerk Kaltes Tal, Elbingerode-Mühlental
	D-02	0-8-0DH	LEW	11027	1965	V60D
	D-03	0-8-0DH	LEW	12340	1969	V60D			Rep
Fels-Werke GmbH. Werk 6, Hornberg
	D-06	 4wDH	Hen	31093	1965	DHG240B			(a)
	D-08	0-4-0DH	LKM	261512	1966
			Reb.		1982	V15/U23	220ps
		 4wCE							(b)
(a)	ex Mainische Feldbahnen MF, Schwerte, /1998; ex Flachglas AG, Werk Weiherhammer.
(b)	rebuilt from a Köf II.
FBM-Baustoffwerk Wildgruber GmbH & Co Anhydritwerk KG (Wico), Leipziger Straße 4, Niedersachswerfen
Rail traffic has ended at this works, which was recently taken over by Wico. Two locos were standing in front of the loco shed, still carrying the emblem of the previous owner HAW (Harzer Anhydritwerk GmbH).
	54	0-8-0DH	LEW	10984	1965	V60D			oou
	55	0-8-0DH	LEW	12250	1969	V60D			oou
Harzer Dolomitwerke GmbH, Werk Scharzfeld, Herzberg-Scharzfeld
The first loco has no plates, numbers or any other identification!
		 4wDH	(Deutz	46963	1948?)	Köf II
		 4wDH	Deutz	56759	1957	A6M 517	135ps		Rep
16/10/1998
Stewing Schwellenwerk GmbH & Co., Beton- und Fertigteilwerk Langelsheim
The firm has gone bankrupt and closed, but the loco was still in the shed.
		0-6-0DH	Deutz	56252	1956	A8M517R			oou
Chemetall GmbH, Hans-Heinrich-Hütte, Langelsheim 
I was told that the O&K loco has been giving trouble and they expect to get a new loco in January.
	Werkslok NR 4	 4wDH	Schöma	2413	1961	CFL-40DR	60ps	10t
	Werkslok NR.5	 4wDH	Schöma	2644	1963	CFL-40DR
		 4wDH	OK	26676	1970	MB125N
	GS-T 339	 4wDM	Unimog
Niedersächsische Bergwerks- und Hüttenschau, Langelsheim-Lautental
The standard gauge locos, along with two narrow gauge locos under sheets, are stored in a yard at the south end of the site.
1435mm
	323 866-4	 4wDH	Jung	13234	1960	Köf II
		0-4-0DM	LKM	251165	1957	N4b	90ps
		0-4-0DH	Deutz	56299	1958

500mm
		0-4-0DM	Deutz	56281	1958	OMx 122
		 4wDM	OK	5205	194x	RL 1a

narrow gauge
		 4wBE	LEW?
		4w4wBE	BBA?
		 4wD
		 4wD
Fels-Werke GmbH, Kalkwerk Winterberg, Münchehof, near Seesen
1435mm
	1	0-6-0DH	KM	18333	1956	M440C		48t
	2	 6wD	KM	19394	1968	M400C		48t

900mm
		0-4-0DM	Deutz			OMx 122			Pvd

17/10/1998
MaK, Moers
The On Rail locos that were dumped in the DB sidings have now all gone. However DB locos 211 204-3, 216 055-4 and 216 123-0 were in their place. Are these just stored DB locos, or have they been sold to On Rail?
		 6wDH	MaK	500.056	1970	G500C			(k)
*	4	Bo-BoDH	MaK	1000.787	1980	G1202BB			(a)
	EH 711	 6wDH	Hen	32750	1987	DHG 700			(b)
	2210-12-120-7680	0-6-0DH	Jung	13114	1959	R42C			(c)
	2	0-4-0D	Deutz	56896	1958	A12L614R			(c)
		0-4-0D	Deutz	57514	1962	KS230B			(c)
		0-6-0D	Gmd	5044	1958	RHS518V12
						400/440ps		(c)
	211 112-8	Bo-BoDH	MaK	1000.130	1963	V100			(d)
	211 276-1	Bo-BoDH	KM	18872	1962	V100			(e)
	211 xxx	Bo-BoDH							(d)
*		Bo-BoDH	Krupp	4647	1964				(f)
	NIAG 8	 4wD	Deutz	56958	1960	A8L614R			(m)
		 4wD	Deutz	57883	1965	KK140B			(g)
		0-6-0DH	Deutz	56341	1956?	V6M 436			(h)
		 4wD	Jung	11569	1952	RK20B			(j)
	4	Bo-BoDH	MaK	800.192	1973	G1100BB			(n)
+	9	 4wDH	Hen	30872	1965	DHG160B			(o)

*	On Rail loco. (w/n is DH1504/1)
+	NIAG loco.
(a)	ex Rheinische Kalksteinwerke GmbH, Wülfrath, for overhaul.
(b)	ex Eisenbahn & Hafen, Duisburg, for overhaul.
(c)	ex Bundeswehr.
(d)	ex DB, 211 112; chassis only.
(e)	ex DB, class 211; stripped for spares.
(f)	ex DB, 216 014; rebuilt as On Rail class DH1504; to go to a trade show in Berlin; then to the Mindener Kreisbahn.
(g)	ex Schmolz & Bickenbach.
(h)	ex Bundeswehr, Mun.Depot Lübberstadt.
(j)	ex Norddeutsche Affinerie, Hamburg, new to Hafen Krefeld; MaK works loco.
(k)	ex Gewerkschaft Sophia-Jacoba, Hückelhoven.
(m)	ex Talbot‑Waggonfabrik, Aachen.
(n)	ex Niederrheinische Verkehrsbetriebe AG.
(o)	ex DEA AG‑Chemie, Werk Moers‑Meerbeck.