In the list of the Splittergattungen (the types of locomotives to be scrapped because of the excessively small number of examples) composed by the Deutsche Reichbahnen Gesellschaft in 1923, this S 1/4 "Sissi" is worth mentioning.
Dating back to the last years of the 19th century, it was built by Krausskopf Lokomotivenbau & Unterhaltung GmbH. of Berlin/Munich, a company with Prussian/Bavarian capital developed by Bismark and Radetsky for the development of the railways in the territories of the former Habsburg Empire passed to Germany after the Austro-Prussian war.
The company, which was indeed short-lived since the partners already quarreled over the composition of the radler with which they wanted to toast the signing of the agreement, was able to produce only this locomotive, a 2'A 1' in which Krauss of Munich built the tender and the cab and Swarzkopf of Berlin the boiler and the chassis. The axles were purchased in stock from a wholesaler in Gallarate who had some left over after the bankruptcy of Zwongli & Knupfer of Oetikon (CH).
To do no wrong, it was called Sissi (at that time the numbering was not yet used) in honor of the flame of Emperor Franz Joseph, who always paid little attention to women, but a lot to improbable projects and not only of locomotives.
When the DRG technicians saw the poor wreck, used to move light wagons in the station of Alttoetting im Niederfranken, they had a heart attack and competed to throw stones at it...
All that remains of this locomotive is the brass plate, well polished with sidol, in the house of a well known Turinese enthusiast who placed it as a gift for his wife after a not very justifiable trip to a dating house in Megeve.



S 1/4 "Sissi"
S 1/4 "Sissi"
Country	Germany
Year	1898
Class	Superheated steam 4 cylinder compound	4-2-2


In the list of the Splittergattungen (the types of locomotives to be scrapped because of the excessively small number of examples) composed by the Deutsche Reichbahnen Gesellschaft in 1923, this S 1/4 "Sissi" is worth mentioning. Dating back to the last years of the 19th century, it was built by Krausskopf Lokomotivenbau & Unterhaltung GmbH. of Berlin/Munich, a company with Prussian/Bavarian capital developed by Bismark and Radetsky for the development of the railways in the territories of the former Habsburg Empire passed to Germany after the Austro-Prussian war. The company, which was indeed short-lived since the partners already quarreled over the composition of the radler with which they wanted to toast the signing of the agreement, was able to produce only this locomotive, a 2'A 1' in which Krauss of Munich built the tender and the cab and Swarzkopf of Berlin the boiler and the chassis. The axles were purchased in stock from a wholesaler in Gallarate who had some left over after the bankruptcy of Zwongli & Knupfer of Oetikon (CH). To do no wrong, it was called Sissi (at that time the numbering was not yet used) in honor of the flame of Emperor Franz Joseph, who always paid little attention to women, but a lot to improbable projects and not only of locomotives. When the DRG technicians saw the poor wreck, used to move light wagons in the station of Alttoetting im Niederfranken, they had a heart attack and competed to throw stones at it... All that remains of this locomotive is the brass plate, well polished with sidol, in the house of a well known Turinese enthusiast who placed it as a gift for his wife after a not very justifiable trip to a dating house in Megeve.