99 6001 the only NWE standard steam engine. Built in 1939, now in service on the Selketal 1000mm narrow gauge line in Germany.


Flying the flag of Wales in honour of its guest driver, steam engine 99 6001, the only one of its kind crosses the points at Alexisbad on the Selketal 1000mm narrow gauge line through the Harz Mountains, Germany. This engine is the only one of its kind, built in 1939 by the Krupp corporation at Essen. It was to be the prototype of an entire line of narrow gauge steam engines, but the outbreak of World War ii ended all production,


Size: 5327px × 3660px
Location: Alexisbad, Germany
Photo credit: © Jim Tampin / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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