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what is it?
The Prussian Class S 3s were saturated steam locomotives developed by Hanomag for the Prussian state railways and were built from 1893.
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.
- 17.6 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
- 1893–1904
- retired
- 1927
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1,027
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Hanomag, Berliner Maschinenbau, Elsässische Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft Grafenstaden, Henschel & Sohn, Schichau-Werke, Union Gießerei, AG Vulcan Stettin, Borsig
- operators
- Polish State Railways, Lietuvos geležinkeliai, AB, Prussian state railways, Deutsche Reichsbahn, Deutsche Reichsbahn (GDR), Saar Railways
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0
- length
- 17.6 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q319087, Wikipedia: Prussian S 3 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-11-14.