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OKa1
🇱🇻 Latvia ·built by Friedrich Krupp AG· from 1928· class of 20 Latvian 2-2-2T locomotives
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what is it?
OKa1 was the designation used by the PKP for light steam locomotive of the former Latvian State Railways Tk series. Built in 1928–1934, the units were of German and Latvian production. After 1945, it was used by the Polish State Railways; it was the only steam locomotive in Poland with one driving axle.
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 98 years ago, in 1928.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1928–1934
- retired
- 1969
- status
- retired
- number built
- 20
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇱🇻 Latvia
- builders
- Friedrich Krupp AG, Henschel & Sohn, Hohenzollern Locomotive Works
- operators
- Latvian Railways, Polish State Railways
- top speed
- 75 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,524 mm Russian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-2-2T
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1335887, Wikipedia: OKa1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.