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DRG Class 62
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Henschel & Sohn· from 1928· class of 15 German 4-6-4T locomotives
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3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Baureihe 62: Liesel· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. 62 0015 Drehscheibe Nossener Brücke: Rainerhaufe· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Bundesarchiv Bild 183-Z0731-016, Museumszug, Dampflok 62 015 (BR 62): Friedrich Gahlbeck· CC BY-SA 3.0 de
what is it?
The Class 62 engines were standard (see Einheitsdampflokomotiven) passenger train tank locomotives of Germany's Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft (DRG). The Class 62s were developed and delivered by the firm of Henschel for the Reichsbahn during the 1920s. The engines were two-cylinder superheated steam locomotives.
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 98 years ago, in 1928.
- Weighs about as much as 16 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 17.1 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 44 years (1928–1972).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1928–1929
- in service from
- 1928
- retired
- 1972
- status
- retired
- number built
- 15
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Henschel & Sohn
- operators
- Deutsche Bundesbahn, Deutsche Reichsbahn, Deutsche Reichsbahn (GDR)
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-4
- length
- 17.1 m
- weight
- 97.9 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q885048, Wikipedia: DRG Class 62 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.