#2741
DRB Class 42
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Henschel & Sohn· from 1943· class of 859 German 2-10-0 locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Baureihe 42-Noerdlingen-Eisenbahnmuseum-vergrößert: Noerdlingen_Eisenbahnmuseum_1557.jpg : Flominator ( talk ). Derivative work: Picture cropped with the intension to show the steam engine class 42 Sam Gamdschie ( talk )· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. ÖBB 42: Herbert Ortner· CC BY 4.0
what is it?
The DRB Class 42 was a type of steam locomotive produced for the Deutsche Reichsbahn. It is one of the three main classes of the so-called war locomotives (Kriegslokomotiven), the other two being class 50 and 52. Seventy of the class were captured during World War II by the Soviet Union; under Russian ownership they were given the classification TL (ТЛ).
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 83 years ago, in 1943.
- 1.6 MW is about 19 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 23 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 26 years (1943–1969).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1943–1949
- in service from
- 1943
- retired
- 1969
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1,061
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Henschel & Sohn, Berliner Maschinenbau, Schichau-Werke, Maschinenfabrik Esslingen, Lokomotivfabrik Floridsdorf
- operators
- Polish State Railways, Austrian Federal Railways, Deutsche Reichsbahn, Hungarian State Railways, Bulgarian State Railways, Deutsche Bundesbahn, Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois, Deutsche Reichsbahn (GDR), Căile Ferate Române, Railways of the Saarland, Soviet Railways
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- 1.6 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-10-0
- length
- 23 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q822420, Wikipedia: DRB Class 42 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.