The "Windberg"-locomotive ("Kreuzspinne") 98 001 in the station Dresden-Gittersee on the occasion of the first special trips on the "Windbergbahn" Whitsun 1991 (photo: Gottschling, Dresden 1991/05/20) 3074.jpg - 44.3 kB

In the engineer's cab of the 98 001 on the firemen's site (photo: Gottschling, Dresden 1991/05/20)  3081.jpg - 43.0 kB

1891 Richard Hartmann in Chemnitz produced two locomotives ("RASCHAU" and "CROTTENDORF") of the type "H I MTV" (Meyer, Verbund=compound, Tender). Like the well-known narrow-gauge locomotive type "sä. IV K" the B'B'n4v-locomotives were based on the principle after Guenther and Meyer (two driving bogies, in front low pressure cylinders, in the back high pressure cylinders) [18, p. 44 ff.]. On the "Hänichener Kohlezweigbahn" they did not work satisfactorily.
As the Saxonian state railway (K. Sächs. Sts. E. B.) needed new, more efficient machines for the "Windbergbahn" to replace the VII T, the technical designers of "Sächsische Maschinenfabrik" Chemnitz (former R. Hartmann) fell back to these attempts. They developed the locomotive type "I TV" (I=B' locomotive=two axles in a bogie, V=Verbundlok / compound, T=Tenderlok - tank loco). Opposite the type "MTV", the high pressure cylinders are arranged in the front and the low pressure cylinders in the rear driving bogies (look for further technical data). In 1910 ten, 1913 three and 1914 five locos were delivered (look years of construction and retirement from service) [12, p. 33 ff.] [18, p. 45 ff.] (18 to the K. Sächs. Sts. E. B., one to the Oberhohndorf Reinsdorfer Kohlebahn).
The flexible steam-pipelines between high and low pressure cylinders as well as the complicated drive and control rods made the "I TV" very maintenance-intensive. Because of the rods they received the surnames "Kreuzspinne" (cross spider) and "Heuwender" (hay rotator) from the personalen ones.
Some machines used in the Ith world war in the military service. Three locomotives did not came back to Dresden.
After renumbering type "ITV" to number 98 001 till 98 015 in the year 1925 eight of the class BR 98.0 were placed in the depot Dresden-Friedrichstadt and seven in the depot Dresden-Pieschen (s. stationing data). The machines of depot Friedrichstadt were used on the line "Windbergbahn" (from Dresden to Possendorf) and as shunting locomotives on the switching yard station Dresden-Friedrichstadt [3, p. 87]. The locomotives of the depot Pieschen were used for driving freight trains, as shunting locomotives (e.g. operation in the harbour of Dresden-Neustadt) [8, p. 100] and for suborban trains [3, p. 26]. Between 1930 and 1933 seven locomotives were scraped. With transformation of the depot Pieschen to a railcar-depot all 98.0 came to Friedrichstadt [8, p. 100]. In 1940 locomotive No. 6 received from the "Oberhohndorf Reinsdorfer Kohlebahn". This mashine got in secondary occupation the number of the scraped locomotive 98 015. In November, 1945 took place the concentration of the 98.0 in Dresden-Altstadt [8, p. 61]. The between 1932 and 1933 in the depot Bautzen located loco 98 005 completed an odyssey. Over the stations Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf, Döbeln, Meiningen..., Gera it arrived only again 1956 to Dresden.
After 1945 was used the 98.0 on the "Windbergbahn" and in the shunting services. By the enormous performances, which had to furnish the so-called Meyer-locomotives in the course of the uranium-transport after Dresden-Gittersee, the wear increased rapidly. Some machines still had to work in the winters in 1960 - 1963 as preheating locomotives in Altenberg (Müglitztalbahn) [15, p. 119]. Between 1963 and 1966 the locomotives were stored. Locomotive 98 009 served the pilot plant with the diesel locomotive V 60 until 1967.
Except the 98 001 all "Windbergbahn"-locos came under the cutting torch. The "Verkehrsmuseum Dresden (VMD)" (traffic museum) let regenerate 98 001 not ready for operation in the RAW (repair worshop) Meiningen in 1979. This locomotive is a part of the museums staff [11, p. 50].

In [1], [8] and [18, p. 46] years indicated for the BR 98.0 contradicts themselves. In [8] even on different pages different specification is given. Therefore contradictory data with source specification are written down.
The locomotive number 98 015 was assigned doubly. First for the locomotive with serial number 3765, which in 1933 were already superseded. As the second locomotive from the "Oberhohndorf Reinsdorfer Kohlebahn" received the number 98 015.
Between the individual lots there were some also outwardly visible modifications. The different arrangement of the sand boxes and the sand pipes were adapted by repairing to the modification of the last series (one sand box before the front steam dome; in the front bogie sand pipes before both axles, in the rear bogie behind both axles).

More information about locos 98 001 till 98 015 are placed in http://www.windbergbahn.de/ghp_dats.htm#ITV .

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