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Hibernia 41-E
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Henschel & Sohn· from 1942· steam locomotives run in Germany
8 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Hibernia 41-E: Manfred Kopka· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Bochum - Stadionring - Starlight Express - Hibernia 41E 08: NearEMPTiness· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Bochum - Stadionring - Starlight Express - Hibernia 41E 01 ies: Frank Vincentz· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Bochum - Stadionring - Starlight Express - Hibernia 41E 02 ies: Frank Vincentz· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Bochum - Stadionring - Starlight Express - Hibernia 41E 03 ies: Frank Vincentz· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. Bochum - Stadionring - Starlight Express - Hibernia 41E 04 ies: Frank Vincentz· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. Bochum - Stadionring - Starlight Express - Hibernia 41E 05 ies: Frank Vincentz· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. Bochum - Stadionring - Starlight Express - Hibernia 41E 06 ies: Frank Vincentz· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
Hibernia 41-E and 42-E were steam locomotives of Hibernia AG. Locomotive No 42-E was scrapped, but No 41-E does still exist and was temporarily displayed in front of the Starlight Express Theater in Bochum.
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 84 years ago, in 1942.
- 625 kW is about 7 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 12.8 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1942
- retired
- 1971
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Henschel & Sohn
- operators
- Hibernia AG
- top speed
- 45 km/h
- power
- 625 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-10-0T
- length
- 12.8 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q15098749, Wikipedia: Hibernia 41-E (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.