#2101· DRG Baureihe 01
DRG Class 01
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by AEG· from 1926· class of German two-cylinder 4-6-2 locomotives
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 01118 Koenigstein: Eva K. / Eva K.· CC BY-SA 2.5
- 2. BR 01 519 plandampf schifferstadt 100 2076: LosHawlos· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. An unidentified DB Class "001" (DRG Class "01") coal-fired 4-6-2 No.001 173 at Hof: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 4. DRG Class 01 & 62 Dresden Hauptbahnhof 01: Bärtschi, Hans-Peter· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. DRG Class 01 & 62 Dresden Hauptbahnhof 03: Bärtschi, Hans-Peter· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. DRG Class 01 & 62 Dresden Hauptbahnhof 06: Bärtschi, Hans-Peter· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. DRG Class 01 & 62 Dresden Hauptbahnhof 08: Bärtschi, Hans-Peter· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. DB Rebuilt 01 Class pacific: 8474tim· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. Hof Hbf in 1974: 8474tim ( talk ) 02:15, 29 September 2010 (UTC)· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. 01 1066 mit Sonderzug im Bahnhof Mainz-Bischofsheim: Joachim Seyferth· CC BY 4.0
what is it?
The Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft's BR 01 steam locomotives were the first standardised (Einheitsdampflokomotive) steam express passenger locomotives built by the unified German railway system. They were of 4-6-2 "Pacific" wheel arrangement in the Whyte notation, or 2′C1′ h2 in the UIC classification. The idea of standardisation was that it would reduce maintenance costs; i.e.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 100 years ago, in 1926.
- 23.9 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 56 years (1926–1982).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1926–1938
- in service from
- 1926
- retired
- 1982
- status
- retired
- number built
- 241
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- AEG, Berliner Maschinenbau, LEW Hennigsdorf, Henschel & Sohn, Hohenzollern Locomotive Works, Friedrich Krupp AG, Lokomotiv- und Waggonbaufabrik Krupp, Borsig
- operators
- Deutsche Reichsbahn, Deutsche Bundesbahn, Deutsche Reichsbahn (GDR)
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-2
- length
- 23.9 m
- Dutch name
- DRG Baureihe 01
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q678415, Wikipedia: DRG Class 01 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.