#1106
Prussian T 6
🇵🇱 Poland ·built by Berliner Maschinenbau· from 1902· class of 12 German 2-6-2T locomotives
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Berlin tank locomotive (Howden, Boys' Book of Locomotives, 1907): Andy Dingley (scanner)· Public domain
- 2. Steam locomotive OKl1 (Preussische T6 dampflokomotive): Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe· CC0
what is it?
The T 6 of the Prussian State Railways were a class of twelve passenger tank locomotives. They were intended as an alternative to the Prussian T 11 and T 12 classes on the routes of the Berlin Stadt (city), Ring and suburban network. A total of twelve locomotives were built in 1902 by Berliner Maschinenbau AG. Two went to the Altona Division, the other ten to the Berlin Division.
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 124 years ago, in 1902.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1902
- number built
- 12
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇵🇱 Poland
- builders
- Berliner Maschinenbau
- operators
- Polish State Railways, Prussian state railways
- top speed
- 75 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-2T
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2109299, Wikipedia: Prussian T 6 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.