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TCDD 57001 Class
🇹🇷 Turkey ·built by Friedrich Krupp AG· from 1933· class of 27 Turkish 2-10-2 locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Steam locomotive No.57007 Ankara Museum: Ex13· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. 57 001 Camlik1: Mef.ellingen· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Turkish State Railways (TCDD) 57001 Class is a class of 2-10-2 steam locomotives. They were built by Henschel, Berliner Maschinenbau and Krupp for TCDD. The 27 locomotives in this class were numbered 57001 to 57027. The first arrived in 1933, the last in 1937.
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 93 years ago, in 1933.
- Weighs about as much as 14 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 22.2 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 57 years (1933–1990).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1933–1937
- in service from
- 1933
- retired
- 1990
- status
- retired
- number built
- 27
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇹🇷 Turkey
- builders
- Friedrich Krupp AG, Henschel & Sohn, Berliner Maschinenbau, Lokomotiv- und Waggonbaufabrik Krupp
- operators
- Turkish State Railways
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-10-2
- length
- 22.2 m
- weight
- 81.3 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q30045897, Wikipedia: TCDD 57001 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.