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DRB Class 06
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Friedrich Krupp AG· from 1939· class of 2 German 3-cylinder 4-8-4 locomotives
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- 1. Locomotive No. 360, Friedrich Krupp AG (8119863259): SMU Central University Libraries· No restrictions
what is it?
The German DRB Class 06 engines were standard steam locomotives (Einheitsdampflokomotiven) with the Deutsche Reichsbahn (DRB) designed to haul express train services. They were the only German locomotives with a 4-8-4 (Northern) wheel arrangement.
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 87 years ago, in 1939.
- Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- 26.5 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 12 years (1939–1951).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1939
- in service from
- 1939
- retired
- 1951
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Friedrich Krupp AG, Lokomotiv- und Waggonbaufabrik Krupp
- operators
- Deutsche Bundesbahn, Deutsche Reichsbahn
- top speed
- 140 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-8-4
- length
- 26.5 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1154987, Wikipedia: DRB Class 06 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.