#2360· DRG Baureihe 04
DRG Class 04
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Friedrich Krupp AG· from 1932· class of 2 German experimental high pressure 4-6-2 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. WP Schnellzuglokomotive BR 04 1932: w:de:Werner Hubert (* 1896 in Charlottenburg; † 17. Juni 1947 in Dresden)· Public domain
what is it?
The two German Class 04 steam locomotives were experimental engines with the Deutsche Reichsbahn, that were derived from the Class 03 standard locomotives (Einheitsloks).
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 94 years ago, in 1932.
- 23.9 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 7 years (1932–1939).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1932
- in service from
- 1932
- retired
- 1939
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Friedrich Krupp AG, Lokomotiv- und Waggonbaufabrik Krupp
- operators
- Deutsche Reichsbahn
- top speed
- 130 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-2
- length
- 23.9 m
- Dutch name
- DRG Baureihe 04
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q315056, Wikipedia: DRG Class 04 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.