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Locomotive 1 van de Gelderse Smalspoor Stichting (GSS)

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GSS loc 1 tijdens de eerste open dag in Heteren, hemelvaart 2006 (c) Allard Rogier van Ravesteijn

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Namekleine Diema
TractionDiesel
ManufacturerDiepholzer Maschinenfabrik Fritz Schöttler GmbH DIEMA, Diepholz
TypeDL 8
Works number2201
Year build1958
Gauge700 mm
LocationHeteren
Ready for service?nee
Weight2 ton
Total length2,215 m
ClassificationB-dm
Power11 HP (8,1 kW)
Max. speed8.5 km/h
Orig. ownersIVB NV Zwolle , Visser Lippenhuizen, Veenstra Appelscha
      

The Diema locomotives type DL6 and DL8 have been produced from 1950 until 1970. The locos were, in contrast to the usual cardan joint drive, equipped with a chain drive.


This smaller loco was very succesfull in smaller companies with relative lighter tracks and moderate transport needs, and in total 260 have been build. It was one of the more sucessful designs of Diema.


The history of the enigine:    (Not everything is known at the moment)
1958    IVB NV, Zwolle
19??    Visser Lippenhuizen, Veenstra Appelscha
199?    Gelderse Smalspoor-Stichting, Wychen, moved to Erlecom
1991    Gelderse Smalspoor-Stichting GSS, Heteren

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