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PKP class OKl27

🇵🇱 Poland ·built by H. Cegielski – Poznań· from 1928· class of 122 Polish 2-6-2T locomotives

10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences

1. OKl27 Chabowka2012: Michał Derela· CC BY-SA 4.0
2. OKl27 Chabowka: Michał Derela· CC BY-SA 4.0
3. OKl27 26 MK 2: Crusier· CC BY-SA 3.0
4. OKl27 26 MK: Crusier· CC BY-SA 3.0
5. OKl27-10 (Parowozownia Skierniewice): Robert Drózd· CC BY-SA 3.0
6. OKl27-10 17.09.2005 Skierniewice: Ksawicki· CC BY-SA 2.5
7. OKl27-26 - Warsaw Rail Museum: Stratoswift· CC BY-SA 4.0
8. Chabówka (skansen kolejowy) - OKl27-41: If you are willing to use this photo, please caption it as follows: author: Patryk Duszkiewicz /Wikimedia Commons ( CC-BY-SA-3.0 ) If you upload this photo to a website, please email me the address of· CC BY-SA 3.0
9. Chabówka (skansen kolejowy) - TKh100-51, TKp 2011, OKl27-41, TKw2-114 i TKt1-63: If you are willing to use this photo, please caption it as follows: author: Patryk Duszkiewicz /Wikimedia Commons ( CC-BY-SA-3.0 ) If you upload this photo to a website, please email me the address of· CC BY-SA 3.0
10. Skansen Taboru Kolejowego w Chabówce, parowozy TKh100, TKp 2011, OKl27-41, TKw2-114 i TKt1-62: Piotr Borowiak· CC BY 4.0

what is it?

PKP class OKl27 is a class of ordinary passenger (O) tank (K) 2-6-2 (l) steam locomotives designed in 1927 for Polskie Koleje Państwowe (Polish State Railways, PKP). It was the first completely Polish construction. The design was prepared by eng.

who runs it

Polish State Railways Deutsche Reichsbahn

base stats

speed 80 km/htop speed
power 684 kWpower output
weight 85.1 tin working order
built 122made in total

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.
684 kW is about 8 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
Weighs about as much as 14 African elephants (~6 t each).
12.9 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.

steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.

spec sheet

built: 1928–1933
number built: 122
kind: Steam
traction: steam
origin: 🇵🇱 Poland
builders: H. Cegielski – Poznań
operators: Polish State Railways, Deutsche Reichsbahn
top speed: 80 km/h
power: 684 kW
gauge: 1,435 mm standard gauge
wheel arrangement: 2-6-2T
length: 12.9 m
weight: 85.1 t

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q624228, Wikipedia: PKP class OKl27 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.