#1616
Alsace-Lorraine G 8.1
built by Elsässische Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft Grafenstaden· from 1913· class of German (later French) 0-8-0 locomotives
what is it?
The Alsace-Lorraine Class G 8.1 was a superheated, goods train, steam locomotive with four driving axles, and was based on the Prussian G 8.1. There were no design differences between the two. The Imperial Railways in Alsace-Lorraine (Reichseisenbahnen in Elsaß-Lothringen) received a total of 137 G 8.1 engines between 1913 and 1919, of which eleven were built by Henschel and the rest by the Grafenstaden.
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 113 years ago, in 1913.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1913–1919
- retired
- 1966
- status
- retired
- number built
- 137
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- builders
- Elsässische Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft Grafenstaden, Henschel & Sohn
- top speed
- 55 km/h
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 0-8-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q832767, Wikipedia: Alsace-Lorraine G 8.1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.