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Prussian G 1
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Berliner Maschinenbau· from 1878· class of 93 German 0-4-0 locomotives
what is it?
The Prussian G 1 was a class of 0-4-0 goods locomotive of the Prussian States Railways. The original design came from the Prussian Eastern Railway. The long branch lines required tender locomotives, as tank locomotives could not carry sufficient coal and water.
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 148 years ago, in 1878.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1878–1898
- number built
- 93
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Berliner Maschinenbau, Hanomag, Hohenzollern Locomotive Works, Schichau-Werke, Henschel & Sohn, Borsig, F. Wöhlert’sche Maschinenbau-Anstalt und Eisengiesserei
- operators
- Prussian Eastern Railway, Prussian state railways
- top speed
- 45 km/h
- power
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From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2109194, Wikipedia: Prussian G 1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.