#1344
DSB class P
Deutsches Kaiserreich ·built by Hanomag· from 1907· class of 33 Danish 4-4-2 locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. P 931 steam locomotive, pic1: Alf van Beem· CC0
- 2. DSB P 931: Leif Jørgensen· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The class P was a series of steam locomotives of the Danish State Railways, designed by chief mechanical engineer O.F.A. Busse and introduced in 1907. With a wheel arrangement of 4-4-2 (2'B1 in UIC classification), they were well suited to express trains, and were the first steam locomotives in Denmark heavier than 100 tons. They saw service on most DSB main lines, but were at their best on the relatively level Copenhagen to Korsør and Fredericia to Esbjerg services.
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 119 years ago, in 1907.
- Weighs about as much as 20 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 18.5 m long: about 4 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
- 1907–1910
- number built
- 33
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- Deutsches Kaiserreich
- builders
- Hanomag, Berliner Maschinenbau
- operators
- DSB
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-2
- length
- 18.5 m
- weight
- 117 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5206106, Wikipedia: DSB class P (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.