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Fablok TKh49

🇵🇱 Poland ·built by Fablok· from 1948· class of Polish 0-6-0T locomotives

🚂 steam locomotive steam
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. Image-TKh 49-1 Chabowka 15.05.06 (1): User:Wassen· CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. 2. Tczew steam locomotive TKh49: .mw-parser-output .ubx-floatdefault[dir="ltr"],.mw-parser-output .ubx-floatopposite[dir="rtl"],.mw-parser-output .ubx-floatleft{float:left}.mw-parser-output .ubx-floatdefault[dir="rtl"],.mw-parser-out· CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. 3. 3135 Spartan at Blunsdon (26919278833): Train Photos· CC BY-SA 2.0
  4. 4. 3135 Spartan at Blunsdon (26919341063): Train Photos· CC BY-SA 2.0
  5. 5. 3135 Spartan at Blunsdon (27251010920): Train Photos· CC BY-SA 2.0
  6. 6. 3135 Spartan at Blunsdon (27428754932): Train Photos· CC BY-SA 2.0
  7. 7. 3135 Spartan at Blunsdon (27428794762): Train Photos· CC BY-SA 2.0
  8. 8. 3135 Spartan at Blunsdon (27455527521): Train Photos· CC BY-SA 2.0
  9. 9. 3138 Hutnik - 0-6-0T steam locomotive built by Fabryka Lokomotyw im. Feliksa Dzierzynskiego, Chrzanów, Poland: kitmasterbloke· CC BY 2.0
  10. 10. 3138 Hutnik with 144 017 Pacer - 54101980531: kitmasterbloke· CC BY 2.0
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Fablok TKh49, photo 1 of 10
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what is it?

The Fablok T3A also known as TKh49 or Ferrum 47 / 724 is a class of Polish steam industrial tank locomotive. It was built by Fablok in 1948-1961 years.

who runs it

Polish State Railways

base stats

  • speed 40 km/htop speed
  • power 298 kWpower output
  • weight 44.4 tin working order
  • built 477made 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 78 years ago, in 1948.
  • Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
  • 9.1 m long: about 2 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
1948–1961
in service from
1948
number built
477
kind
Steam
traction
steam
origin
🇵🇱 Poland
builders
Fablok
operators
Polish State Railways
top speed
40 km/h
power
298 kW
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
wheel arrangement
0-6-0T
length
9.1 m
weight
44.4 t

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

Sources: Wikidata Q280117, Wikipedia: Fablok TKh49 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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