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DRG Class 84
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Berliner Maschinenbau· from 1935· Three-cylinder superheated steam engine 1'E1'h3t Gt 57.18 (2-10-2T) build in 1935 by Berliner Maschinenfabrik AG (BMAG) formerly Schwarzkopff
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. DRB 84 004 Werner Hubert: Werner Hubert· Public domain
- 2. DRG 84 001 Gemälde P König Eisenbahnmuseum Schwarzenberg 09 26: Rainerhaufe· CC0
what is it?
The German DRG Class 84s were standard (see Einheitsdampflokomotive) goods train tank locomotives with the Deutsche Reichsbahn. A total of twelve engines were placed into service by the Reichsbahn between 1935 and 1937. The machines were given operating numbers 84 001–012.
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 91 years ago, in 1935.
- Weighs about as much as 17 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 31 years (1935–1966).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1935–1937
- in service from
- 1935
- retired
- 1966
- status
- retired
- number built
- 12
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Berliner Maschinenbau, Orenstein & Koppel
- operators
- Deutsche Reichsbahn, Deutsche Reichsbahn (GDR)
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-10-2
- weight
- 101 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1155111, Wikipedia: DRG Class 84 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.