#1268
Pd4
Weimarer Republik ·built by AG Vulcan Stettin· from 1905· 3 classes of German 4-4-0 locomotives
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- 1. S5-2 KPEV: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
Pd4 was a Polish designation for the Polish State Railways express steam locomotive of the Prussian S5² series, produced between 1905 and 1911. In German railways, it was designated as series (Br) 136-8. The locomotive had a two-cylinder compound steam engine using saturated steam.
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 121 years ago, in 1905.
- Weighs about as much as 9 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 17.8 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1905–1911
- number built
- —
- kind
- steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- Weimarer Republik
- builders
- AG Vulcan Stettin, Elsässische Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft Grafenstaden
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 2′B n2v
- length
- 17.8 m
- weight
- 54.5 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2109258, Wikipedia: Pd4 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.