#0104
Prins August
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Beyer, Peacock and Company· from 1856· class of 52 Swedish 2-4-0 locomotives, built 1856–1872
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Lok Prins August: Nils Öberg· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Prins August is a preserved Swedish steam locomotive, built in 1856 by Beyer, Peacock & Company in Manchester, England. It is the world's oldest operating standard gauge steam locomotive, and one of the world's oldest operating steam locomotives overall, currently in the collection of the Swedish Railway Museum. The name of the locomotive honors Prince August, Duke of Dalarna, who was fond of railways.
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 170 years ago, in 1856.
- 12.7 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1856
- retired
- 1906
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 45
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Beyer, Peacock and Company, Nydqvist och Holm AB, Motala Verkstad, Nyköpings Mekaniska Verkstad
- operators
- Statens Järnvägar
- top speed
- 75 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-4-0
- length
- 12.7 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4345676, Wikipedia: Prins August (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.