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DRG Class 89.0
🇩🇪 East Germany ·built by Berliner Maschinenbau· from 1934· class of 10 German 0-6-0T locomotives
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- 1. 089 008: Jens Hofmann· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The DRG Class 89.0 was a goods train tank engine of standard design (see Einheitsdampflokomotive) built for the Deutsche Reichsbahn (DRG).
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 92 years ago, in 1934.
- Served for 34 years (1934–1968).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1934–1937
- in service from
- 1934
- retired
- 1968
- status
- retired
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 East Germany
- builders
- Berliner Maschinenbau, Henschel & Sohn
- operators
- Polish State Railways, Deutsche Reichsbahn, Deutsche Reichsbahn (GDR)
- top speed
- 45 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1155119, Wikipedia: DRG Class 89.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.