#1409· Pruisische P8
Prussian P 8
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Hanomag· from 1908· class of German 4-6-0 locomotive
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. P8 Kranichstein: Rabensteiner· CC BY 3.0
- 2. PKP class Ok1: wassen· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Dampflok-p8: Bernd Untiedt· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Prussian P8: Rabensteiner· Public domain
- 5. Romanian-built P8 class at Sălişte: 8474tim ( talk ). Original uploader was 8474tim at en.wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. Bahnhof Sigmaringen, Baureihe 38.10-40, preußisch P 8 (meistgebaute Dampflok Europas) - LABW - Staatsarchiv Sigmaringen Dep. 44 T 2 Nr. 494 B 61: Wikimedia Commons· CC BY 4.0
- 7. BW Tübingen P8 9 5 1970: Dr. E. Scherer· CC BY 2.5
- 8. IG 3-Seenbahn - Preußische P 8 2455 Posen: UnFUG-Fabi· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. Prussian P 8 locomotive at Camp Williams, Is-sur-Tille, France, 9 June 1919 (111-SC-159680): Sgt. Musler, U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-159680· Public domain
- 10. Sigmaringen, Dampflok der Baureihe 38, preußisch P 8 - LABW - Staatsarchiv Sigmaringen Dep. 44 T 2 Nr. 494 D 57: Wikimedia Commons· CC BY 4.0
what is it?
The Prussian Class P 8 of the Prussian state railways (DRG Class 38.10-40 of the Deutsche Reichsbahn) was a 4-6-0 steam locomotive built from 1906 to 1923 by the Berliner Maschinenbau (previously Schwartzkopff) and twelve other German factories. The design was created by Robert Garbe. It was intended as a successor to the Prussian P 6, which was regarded as unsatisfactory.
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 118 years ago, in 1908.
- 18.6 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 66 years (1908–1974).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1908–1926
- in service from
- 1908
- retired
- 1974
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 3,946
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Hanomag, Henschel & Sohn, AEG, Schichau-Werke, Berliner Maschinenbau, Borsig, Maschinenfabrik Christian Hagans, AG Vulcan Stettin
- operators
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen, Austrian Federal Railways, Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, SNCB/NMBS, Chemins de fer du Nord, DSB, Lietuvos geležinkeliai, AB, Deutsche Reichsbahn, Polish State Railways, Chemins de fer de l'Est, Prussian state railways, Deutsche Reichsbahn (GDR), Deutsche Bundesbahn, Chemins de fer du Midi
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-0
- length
- 18.6 m
- Dutch name
- Pruisische P8
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q377993, Wikipedia: Prussian P 8 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.