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4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. T9.1 Coeln 7270 (BORSIG 1893) 2015.05.08 Interlok Poland (Hermann Schmidtendorf) (1): Hermann Schmidtendorf· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. (pr. T9.3) Breitspur (!): Falk2· CC BY 3.0
- 3. Preußische T9.1 Lokomotive: Rinkep· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. WP T9 LBE Nr 116: Werner Hubert· Public domain
what is it?
The Prussian T 9 was a class of German steam locomotive which included several types of tank engine, all with six coupled wheels and two carrying wheels operated by the Prussian state railways.
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 134 years ago, in 1892.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1892–1901
- retired
- 1953
- status
- retired
- number built
- 426
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Hanomag, Union Gießerei, Hohenzollern Locomotive Works, Elsässische Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft Grafenstaden, Henschel & Sohn, Schichau-Werke, Maschinenfabrik Esslingen, Berliner Maschinenbau
- top speed
- 60 km/h
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-2T
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q317345, Wikipedia: Prussian T 9 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.