Anschlussbahn Vereinigte Ville 0-6-0 Locomotives in Germany

Class 1 (Locobase 6542)

Data from [] (accessed 26 May 2005).

The Villebahn was a mining railroad, a line that delivered ore from the pit to the main line. This pair of six-coupleds were the first on this system in the early 1900s. They were delivered as a pair (works #5979-5980) in 1901. Note the relatively high boiler and grate demand factors, probably acceptable on short-line operations like this. Perhaps less welcome was the relatively long wheelbase, which was reduced in the later six-coupleds operated on this line. (See Locobase 6543).

Class 3 (Locobase 6543)

Data from [] (accessed 26 May 2005).

Later 6-coupleds for the Villebahn mining railroad had smaller drivers and shorter stroke and wheelbase, but higher boiler pressure and much bigger grate. At first numbered 6, then 3, the first of these (works #13303) arrived in 1914. 7 (4) was delivered (works #14290) in 1916, and 10 (later 5) entered service a year later (works #15187) with a very slightly larger grate (2.03 sq m / 21.84 sq ft).

All were renumbered under the Rheinische Braunkohlenwerke AG as 331-333.