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RüKB Nos. 51Mh to 53Mh
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by AG Vulcan Stettin· from 1913· class of 10 two-cylinder 750mm gauge 0-8-0T steam locomotive used in Germany
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Rasender Roland 53 a: Holger Huenermund· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. Rasenderroland001: dontworry· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The RüKB Nos. 51Mh–53Mh were German narrow gauge steam locomotives operated by the Rügen narrow gauge railway on the island of Rügen in the Baltic Sea. They were absorbed in 1949 into the Deutsche Reichsbahn in East Germany as their Class 99.463.
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 113 years ago, in 1913.
- Weighs about as much as 3 African elephants (~6 t each).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1913–1925
- number built
- 10
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- AG Vulcan Stettin
- operators
- Kleinbahn-Gesellschaft Greifswald–Jarmen, Rügensche Kleinbahn, Casekow–Penkun–Oder railway line
- top speed
- 30 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 750 mm narrow gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-8-0
- weight
- 18.5 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1278621, Wikipedia: RüKB Nos. 51Mh to 53Mh (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.