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PHOTO (8) ROYAL SAXON STATE RAILWAYS (K.S.ST.E.B.) DR NO.99 584 OF THE DOLLNITZBAHN ARRIVES AT NAUNDORF ON A GLOSSEN SERVICE . THE K.S.ST.E.B. BUILT 96 CLASS 99.51S IN 1892-1921 FOR THE EXTENSIVE SAXON 750 MM GAUGE LINES THE MOST NUMEROUS NARROW GAUGE LOCOS EVER BUILT IN GERMANY. THEY PROVED EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL. IN THE 1930S THE DRG BEGAN TO REPLACE THEM WITH CLASS 99.73 2-10-2TS BUT AFTER WWII 57 REMAINED IN EAST GERMANY TO BE PASSED TO THE DR. THE DR PRODUCED A MODIFIED VERSION OF THE DRG 99.73S THE CLASS 99.77 2-10-2TS BUT EVEN THEN MANY CLASS 99.51S REMAINED IN SERVICE SO RELIABLE WERE THEY. THE DR THEN PLANNED TO REPLACE THEM IN THE EARLY 1960S WITH DIESEL LOCOS BUT PROTOTYPES OF SUCH PROVED A FAILURE. REMARKABLY IN 1962 THE DR DECIDED TO RECONSTRUCT 20 OF THEM WITH NEW ALL-WELDED BOILERS AND WELDED FRAMES. THE UNREBUILT LOCOS WERE WITHDRAWN BY 1973. WITHDRAWAL OF THE REBUILT LOCOS BEGAN SUBSEQUENTLY BUT THERE WERE STILL 13 OPERATIONAL ON THE DR (PLUS OTHERS SOLD TO HERITAGE LINES) IN 1991 AND PLANS BY DR TO REPLACE THEM (AND ALL OTHER NARROW GAUGE STEAM ENGINES) BY DIESELS BY THE EARLY/MID-1990S WERE POSTPONED BY UNIFICATION WHEN IT WAS REALISED WHAT A TOURIST ATTRACTION STEAM-OPERATED RAILWAYS WERE 22 UNREBUILT AND REBUILT CLASS 99.51S STILL EXIST MANY STILL IN USE. COPYRIGHT (Photograph and text in Extra Info) HUGH LLEWELYNPHOTO PAPER THICKNESS NORMAL PHOTOGRAPH THICKNESS
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