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Prussian G 2
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Henschel & Sohn· from 1888· class of 45 German 0-4-2 locomotives
what is it?
The Prussian Class G 2 was allocated by the Prussian state railways to a number of older, 0-4-2 and 0-6-0 goods train locomotives which it had taken over from its predecessor railway companies. In addition it included a number of Prussian G 3 engines of the type operated by the Frankfurt/M and Mainz railway divisions. The best known was the standard G 2 type.
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 138 years ago, in 1888.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1888–1901
- number built
- 45
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Henschel & Sohn, Union Gießerei
- top speed
- 65 km/h
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-2
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2109199, Wikipedia: Prussian G 2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.