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Prussian G 5.3
Deutsches Kaiserreich ·built by Berliner Maschinenbau· from 1903· class of 206 German 2-6-0 locomotives
what is it?
The Prussian G 5.3 was a class of 2-6-0 goods locomotives. They were the two-cylinder-simple version of the compound G 5.4. As with many Prussian locomotive design, simple and compound versions of the same type built.
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 123 years ago, in 1903.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1903–1906
- retired
- 1930
- status
- retired
- number built
- 206
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- Deutsches Kaiserreich
- builders
- Berliner Maschinenbau, Hanomag, Henschel & Sohn, Hohenzollern Locomotive Works, Maschinenbauanstalt Humboldt, Borsig
- top speed
- 65 km/h
- power
- —
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1670549, Wikipedia: Prussian G 5.3 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.