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#1654· NS 9600

Prussian T 16.1

🇦🇹 Austria ·built by Berliner Maschinenbau· from 1913· class of German 0-10-0T locomotives

Prussian T 16.1, photo 1 of 8
1/8 Niels Karsdorp, Dh3201· CC BY-SA 3.0

what is it?

The Prussian T 16.1 locomotives were built for the Prussian state railways as goods train tank locomotives about the time of the First World War. Six examples were also procured by the Imperial Railways in Alsace-Lorraine.

who runs it

base stats

  • speed 50 km/htop speed
  • built 1,242made in total

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 113 years ago, in 1913.
  • Served for 61 years (1913–1974).

steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.

spec sheet

built
1913–1924
in service from
1913
retired
1974
status
retired
number built
1,242
kind
steam locomotive
traction
steam
origin
🇦🇹 Austria
builders
Berliner Maschinenbau, Elsässische Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft Grafenstaden, Hanomag, Linke-Hofmann, Henschel & Sohn, Société Alsacienne de Constructions Mécaniques
operators
Austrian Federal Railways, Deutsche Reichsbahn, Deutsche Bundesbahn, Deutsche Reichsbahn (GDR)
top speed
50 km/h
power
—
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
wheel arrangement
0-10-0T
Dutch name
NS 9600

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q467188, Wikipedia: Prussian T 16.1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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