#2541
DRG Class 45
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Henschel & Sohn· from 1937· class of 28 German 2-10-2 locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 45 010BwLichtenfels070913: (c) Jörg Hesse· Public domain
- 2. Dampflok 45: No machine-readable author provided. Fritz-F assumed (based on copyright claims).· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
German Class 45 steam locomotives were standard locomotives (Einheitslokomotiven) designed by the Deutsche Reichsbahn for hauling goods trains.
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 89 years ago, in 1937.
- 25.7 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 32 years (1937–1969).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1937–1940
- in service from
- 1937
- retired
- 1969
- status
- retired
- number built
- 28
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Henschel & Sohn
- operators
- Deutsche Reichsbahn, Deutsche Reichsbahn (GDR), Deutsche Bundesbahn
- top speed
- 90 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-10-2
- length
- 25.7 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q317406, Wikipedia: DRG Class 45 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.