#2956· DB Baureihe 23
DB Class 23
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Henschel & Sohn· from 1950· class of 105 West German 2-6-2 locomotives
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 2007-05-13 02b Lok 23042 in Urmitz (kleine Datei): Lothar Spurzem· CC BY-SA 2.0 de
- 2. Steam locomotive BR 23: Hans-Peter Scholz Ulenspiegel· CC BY-SA 2.0 de
- 3. Class 23 in Mosel Valley 1972: 8474tim· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. DB Class "023" (ex-Class "23") 2-6-2T No.023 025: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. Baureihe 23 012 1973: Anidaat· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. DB Class "023" (ex-Class "23") 2-6-2T No.023 029: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 7. Köln Hbf, Baureihe 23 LABW Staatsarchiv Sigmaringen Dep. 44 T 2 Nr. 495 A 17 cropped: Sammlung Botho Walldorf, LABW - Staatsarchiv Sigmaringen· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. BR23DB (23 055 A W): Joachim Lutz· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. DB Class "023" (ex-Class "23") 2-6-2T No.023 055 - 8125324309: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 10. DB Class "023" (ex-Class "23") 2-6-2 No.023 060: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The steam locomotives of Class 23 were German passenger train locomotives developed in the 1950s for the Deutsche Bundesbahn. They had a 2-6-2 wheel arrangement and were equipped with Class 2'2' T 31 tenders. They were designed to replace the once ubiquitous Prussian P 8 engines that had been built between 1908 and 1924 and, in their day, were the most numerous post-war replacement class.
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 76 years ago, in 1950.
- Weighs about as much as 12 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 26 years (1950–1976).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1950–1959
- in service from
- 1950
- retired
- 1976
- status
- retired
- number built
- 105
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Henschel & Sohn, Arnold Jung Lokomotivfabrik, Friedrich Krupp AG, Maschinenfabrik Esslingen, Lokomotiv- und Waggonbaufabrik Krupp
- operators
- Deutsche Bundesbahn
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-2
- weight
- 74.6 t
- Dutch name
- DB Baureihe 23
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q464003, Wikipedia: DB Class 23 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.