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PKP class Pu29
🇵🇱 Poland ·built by H. Cegielski – Poznań· from 1931· class of 3 Polish 4-8-2 locomotives
6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. HCP Pu29: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 2. Pu29-3 - Warsaw Rail Museum: Stratoswift· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Pu29-3 DSC01683: Pibwl· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Pu29-3 DSC01683x2: Pibwl· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Pu29-3 rear - Warsaw Rail Museum: Stratoswift· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Wózek tendrowy od Pu29 i Pt31: Wolsztyn· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
PKP Class Pu29 is a Polish steam locomotive of Polskie Koleje Państwowe, designed for hauling heavy long-distance passenger trains, built in 1931. The designation stood for fast passenger (P) 4-8-2 (u) steam locomotive accepted in 1929. The locomotive was designed and constructed by H. Cegielski in Poznań.
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 95 years ago, in 1931.
- 1.4 MW is about 16 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 19 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 24.6 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 39 years (1931–1970).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1931
- in service from
- 1931
- retired
- 1970
- status
- retired
- number built
- 3
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇵🇱 Poland
- builders
- H. Cegielski – Poznań
- operators
- Polish State Railways, Deutsche Reichsbahn
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- 1.4 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-8-2
- length
- 24.6 m
- weight
- 114 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2044293, Wikipedia: PKP class Pu29 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.