Egyptian Republic Railways 4211 class

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	diesel
Builder	Arnold Jung Lokomotivfabrik
Serial number	1955–56 batch 12161–12187
Build date	1953; 1955–56
Total produced	42

Egyptian Republic Railways 4211 class
Egyptian Republic Railways 4211 class
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	diesel
Builder	Arnold Jung Lokomotivfabrik
Serial number	1955–56 batch 12161–12187
Build date	1953; 1955–56
Total produced	42
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	0-6-0
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Loco weight	66.2 long tons (67.3 t; 74.1 short tons)
Cylinders	8
Cylinder size	8.5 in × 10 in (216 mm × 254 mm)
Power output
Performance figures
Power output	360 bhp (270 kW)
Operators
Career
Operators	Egyptian State Railways; Israel Railways
Class	4211
Number in class	42
Numbers	4211 – 4252
Nicknames	"Abdel Nasser" (in Israel)
Locale	Egypt; after 1956 one in Israel
Delivered	1953; 1955–56
First run	1953
Disposition	one captured by Israel in 1956 and scrapped 1970

Power typediesel

Serial number1955–56 batch 12161–12187^[1]

The Egyptian Republic Railways 4211 class was a class of 0-6-0 diesel shunter introduced on Egyptian Republic Railways (now Egyptian National Railways) in the 1950s. Arnold Jung Lokomotivfabrik in Jungenthal, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany built the first batch of 15 in 1953 and the second batch of 27 in 1955–56.^[1]

During the 1956 Israeli invasion of Sinai number 4239 (Jung works number 21646) was captured in Sinai^[3] on the former Palestine Railways line between El Kantara East and Gaza. It was taken into Israel Railways and renumbered 251.^[2] It was little used and in about 1970 it was scrapped.^[3]

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