#1371
Oldenburg T 5.1
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Hanomag· from 1907· class of 20 German 2-4-2T locomotives
what is it?
The Oldenburg Class T 5.1 was a German steam locomotive built for the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg State Railways as a tank engine for passenger train duties. Its design was based on that of the Prussian T 5.1. The firm of Hanomag manufactured 20 units of the Oldenburg T 5.1 between 1907 and 1921.
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 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1907–1921
- retired
- 1930
- status
- retired
- number built
- 20
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Hanomag
- top speed
- 75 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-4-2T
- weight
- 41.5 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2018719, Wikipedia: Oldenburg T 5.1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.