#3217· DB Baureihe 66
DB Class 66
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Henschel & Sohn· from 1955· class of 2 West German 2-6-4T locomotives
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Dampflokomotive 66002, Eisenbahnmuseum Bochum-Dahlhausen 3: Morty· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Steamtrain DB 66002-2: DocWoelle at German Wikipedia ( Original text: DocWoelle )· Public domain
- 3. DB 66 002-7 1 - in Bochum-Dahlhausen: MPW57· Public domain
what is it?
The DB Class 66 (German: Baureihe 66) was a class of two Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB) steam locomotives designed for fast goods train and passenger train services on the main and branch lines of Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB), the national railway of the former West Germany.
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 71 years ago, in 1955.
- Weighs about as much as 12 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 13 years (1955–1968).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1955
- in service from
- 1955
- retired
- 1968
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Henschel & Sohn
- operators
- Deutsche Bundesbahn
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-4
- weight
- 69.8 t
- Dutch name
- DB Baureihe 66
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q881606, Wikipedia: DB Class 66 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.