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DRG Class 43
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Henschel & Sohn· from 1926· class of 35 German 2-10-0 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 43 001 auf der MOROP - Ausstellung in Radebeul Ost: Rainerhaufe at German Wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The German locomotives of DRG Class 43 were standard (see Einheitsdampflokomotive) goods train engines with the Deutsche Reichsbahn.
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 100 years ago, in 1926.
- Served for 41 years (1927–1968).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1926–1928
- in service from
- 1927
- retired
- 1968
- status
- retired
- number built
- 35
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Henschel & Sohn, Berliner Maschinenbau
- operators
- Deutsche Reichsbahn, Deutsche Reichsbahn (GDR)
- top speed
- 70 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-10-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q264124, Wikipedia: DRG Class 43 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.