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Prussian G 12.1
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Henschel & Sohn· from 1915· class of 33 German 3-cylinder 2-10-0 locomotives
what is it?
The Prussian G 12.1 was a German steam locomotive built for the Prussian state railways during the First World War and was the largest Prussian freight locomotive with a 2-10-0 wheel arrangement. It had three cylinders, the two outer ones driving the third axle and the inner one the second axle.
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 111 years ago, in 1915.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1915–1917
- retired
- 1957
- status
- retired
- number built
- 33
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Henschel & Sohn
- top speed
- 60 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 Q317283, Wikipedia: Prussian G 12.1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.