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what is it?
The Prussian G 7.3 was a class of 2-8-0 locomotives of the Prussian state railways. The third class of the G 7 series, they were intended to power heavy goods trains on steep inclines, on which the permissible axle load was not yet that high. This affected for example, the Paderborn–Holzminden and Betzdorf–Siegen routes.
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 133 years ago, in 1893.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1893–1917
- retired
- 1945
- status
- retired
- number built
- 85
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Hanomag, Maffei, Maschinenfabrik Esslingen, Lokomotivfabrik Krauss & Comp.
- operators
- Polish State Railways, Imperial German Army, Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Friedrich-Franz Railway, Prussian state railways, Deutsche Reichsbahn, Lübeck-Büchen Railway Company
- top speed
- 45 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16611265, Wikipedia: Prussian G 7.3 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.