#3354· DB Baureihe 10
DB Class 10
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Friedrich Krupp AG· from 1957· class of 2 West German 4-6-2 locomotives
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- 1. DB Class 10 (black and white): Henning Pietsch· Public domain
- 2. 10001 Hersbruck 30062007: Total number of my uploaded files : 1116· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The steam locomotives of DB Class 10 were express locomotives with the Deutsche Bundesbahn in Germany after the Second World War. They were nicknamed 'Black Swans' ('schwarze Schwäne') as a result of their elegant shape.
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 69 years ago, in 1957.
- Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Served for 11 years (1957–1968).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1957
- in service from
- 1957
- retired
- 1968
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Friedrich Krupp AG, Lokomotiv- und Waggonbaufabrik Krupp
- operators
- Deutsche Bundesbahn
- top speed
- 140 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-2
- Dutch name
- DB Baureihe 10
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q522289, Wikipedia: DB Class 10 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.