#2361
DRG Class 85
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Henschel & Sohn· from 1932· class of 10 German 2-10-2T locomotives
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- 1. Lokomotive 85007 06: user:Joergens.mi· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Class 85 was a German goods train tank engine and standard locomotive (Einheitslok) 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 94 years ago, in 1932.
- Weighs about as much as 18 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 29 years (1932–1961).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1932–1933
- in service from
- 1932
- retired
- 1961
- status
- retired
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Henschel & Sohn
- operators
- Deutsche Reichsbahn, Deutsche Bundesbahn
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-10-2
- weight
- 108 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q260674, Wikipedia: DRG Class 85 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.