LGB 20753 DR Steam Locomotive Road Number 99 5001

Prototype: Road number 99 5001, better known under its nickname "Little Fat One", saw the light of day in the world of railroading at the locomotive builder A. Borsig in Berlin-Tegel in 1925 under builder number 11870. It was then first placed into service as road number 11 on the Spremberg City Railroad near Cottbus. When this railroad was abandoned in 1956, this unit found employment under the German State Railroad Management Group at Magdeburg at the railroad operations facility at Wernigerode-Westerntor, that is on the narrow gauge line in the Harz. Its service plan included switching and roller transfer operations between Wernigerode Freight Station and a location in Hasserode. Here a local brewery was served in addition to a chocolate and paper factory. Later the locomotive was transferred as a local switch engine to Nordhausen-North, the other end point of the Harz Cross Railroad. Its duties were the same as in Wernigerode, only here the industrial operations to be served were located between Nordhausen-North and Niedersachswerfen. In 1967, the locomotive was put into storage but was not scrapped.