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Prussian G 5.2
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Berliner Maschinenbau· from 1896· class of 499 German 2-6-0 locomotives
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3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. R Sennecke - Transport einer Lokomotive auf einem Floß durch die Weichsel (AK 1915): Robert Sennecke· Public domain
- 2. Preussische-G-5-2--01-Nachlass-Rudolph-Knobloch-1900: Q140185287· CC0
- 3. Prussian G 5 locomotive at Camp Williams, Is-sur-Tille, France, 9 June 1919 (111-SC-159690): Sgt. Musler, U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-159690· Public domain
what is it?
The Prussian G 5.2 was a class of two-cylinder compound goods locomotive introduced in 1895. As with many Prussian locomotive design, simple and compound versions of the same type were built – in this case the G 5.2 was the two-cylinder compound version of the simple G 5.1. The compound locomotives were more economical and more powerful than the simple locomotives; they were more suitable for long stretches with few stops.
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 130 years ago, in 1896.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1896–1901
- retired
- 1954
- status
- retired
- number built
- 491
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Berliner Maschinenbau, Elsässische Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft Grafenstaden, Hanomag, Henschel & Sohn, Schichau-Werke, Borsig
- operators
- Prussian state railways, Deutsche Reichsbahn
- top speed
- 65 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1761620, Wikipedia: Prussian G 5.2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.