Fireless steam locomotive 10896 catches the rain on 22 August 2026 at the SEF's depot at Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf.
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Fireless steam locomotive 10896 catches the rain on 22 August 2026 at the SEF's depot at Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf. In areas where open fire was forbidden fireless steam locos like this one were used before the rise pof Diesel shunting engines. The workings are the same as of a normal steam loco, albeit that fuel and fire wre not exposed to the open air to reduce the risks of fire.
Leonardus Schrijvers 08.11.2026, 11 Views, 0 Comments
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Fireless steam locomotive Lok-1 of the erstwhile Zellstoffwerke Pirna catches the rain on 22 August 2026 at the SEF's depot at Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf. In areas where open fire was forbidden fireless steam locos like this one were used before the rise pof Diesel shunting engines. The workings are the same as of a normal steam loco, albeit that fuel and fire wre not exposed to the open air to reduce the risks of fire.
Leonardus Schrijvers
Leonardus Schrijvers
Germany / Steam locomotives / Various
9 1200x800 Px, 08.11.2026
Fireless steam locomotive 2702/FG-30-20-3B catches the rain on 22 August 2026 at the SEF's depot at Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf. In areas where open fire was forbidden fireless steam locos like this one were used before the rise pof Diesel shunting engines. The workings are the same as of a normal steam loco, albeit that fuel and fire wre not exposed to the open air to reduce the risks of fire.
Leonardus Schrijvers
Leonardus Schrijvers
Germany / Steam locomotives / Various
7 1200x800 Px, 08.11.2026
Arbeitsgemeinschaft Rübelandbahn 95 1027 lets off a bit of steam at CVhemnitz-Hilbersdorf on 21 August 2026. The kettle certificate of this loco was due to expire in November 2026 and there WERE no plans to restore the kettle, rendering this steam loco workless. After a massive public outcry and intervention of the Department of Tourism of Sachsen Land (Saxony), miraculously plans to yet restore the kettle are rumoured to have popped into existence.
Leonardus Schrijvers
Leonardus Schrijvers
Germany / Steam locomotives / Various
110 1200x800 Px, 01.11.2026
Thanks to a friend of mine who had an appointment in the DGEG railway museum at Bochum-Dahlhausen on 24 September 2026, some items in the loco shed could be photographed like this fireless steam loco, Lok-120 of the Süddeutsche Kabelwerke Mannheim.
Leonardus Schrijvers
Leonardus Schrijvers
Germany / Steam locomotives / Various
117 1200x800 Px, 11.10.2026








