#2059· DRG Baureihe 02
DRG Class 02
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Henschel & Sohn· from 1925· class of 10 German compound 4-6-2 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. WP Schnellzuglok BR 02: Werner Hubert· Public domain
what is it?
The German DRG Class 02 (Baureihe 02 or BR 02) engines were standard (Einheitslokomotiven) express train locomotives with the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft. Number 02 001 was the first Einheitsdampflokomotive in the DRG to be completed. In procuring a standard express train steam locomotive, the Deutsche Reichsbahn carried out a comparison between a superheated two-cylinder type (the DRG Class 01) and a four-cylinder compound locomotive (the Class 02).
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 101 years ago, in 1925.
- Served for 17 years (1925–1942).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1925–1926
- in service from
- 1925
- retired
- 1942
- status
- retired
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Henschel & Sohn, Maffei
- operators
- Deutsche Reichsbahn
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-2
- Dutch name
- DRG Baureihe 02
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q315216, Wikipedia: DRG Class 02 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.