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3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. CSD 270-307 Skoda 1920: Herbert Ortner· Public domain
- 2. CFR (Romanian Railways) 140 class 2-8-0: 8474tim· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. KkStB 270: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The kkStB 270 was a class of 2-8-0 locomotives with the Imperial Austrian State Railways (k.k.
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 109 years ago, in 1917.
- Weighs about as much as 10 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 17.4 m long: about 4 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
- 1917–1930
- retired
- 1976
- status
- retired
- number built
- 574
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇹 Austria
- builders
- ČKD, Wiener Neustädter Lokomotivfabrik, Lokomotivfabrik Floridsdorf, Škoda Works, Breitfeld, Daněk & Co., První Českomoravská továrna na stroje
- operators
- Austrian Federal Railways, Polish State Railways, Imperial Royal Austrian State Railways, Deutsche Reichsbahn, Československé státní dráhy, Yugoslav Railways
- top speed
- 60 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-0
- length
- 17.4 m
- weight
- 61.2 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q288738, Wikipedia: KkStB 270 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.