#1865
Prussian G 8.2
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Henschel & Sohn· from 1919· class of 846 German 2-8-0 locomotives
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3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 56 2363 RAW Nied 1938: Total number of my uploaded files : 1116· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. NS 4550 → NS 4750: Gerdessen, D.C. (Nederlandse Spoorwegen), fotograaf· CC BY 4.0
- 3. WP Preußische G 8-2: Unknown photographer· Public domain
what is it?
The Prussian G 8.2 class of locomotives actually incorporated two different locomotive types: one was the Prussian/Oldenburg G 8.2, for which the Deutsche Reichsbahn subsequently issued follow-on orders; the other was the G 8.2 of the Lübeck-Büchen Railway.
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 107 years ago, in 1919.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1919–1928
- number built
- 846
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Henschel & Sohn, Arnold Jung Lokomotivfabrik, Friedrich Krupp AG, Linke-Hofmann, Hanomag, AEG, Lokomotiv- und Waggonbaufabrik Krupp
- top speed
- 65 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q474325, Wikipedia: Prussian G 8.2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.