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Prussian P 4.1
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Henschel & Sohn· from 1891· class of 57+428 German 4-4-0 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. P4-1 KPEV 372: Unknown author Unknown author (uncredited)· Public domain
what is it?
Prussian P 4.1 were passenger steam locomotives of the Prussian KPEV series, manufactured between 1891 and 1901. These locomotives had a 2'B wheel arrangement and a twin-cylinder saturated steam engine. Under the Treaty of Versailles, Poland received 21 locomotives of this type, designated as Od1 by the Polish State Railways after 1923.
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 135 years ago, in 1891.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1891–1901
- in service from
- 1891
- number built
- —
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Henschel & Sohn, Elsässische Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft Grafenstaden, Hanomag, Berliner Maschinenbau, Borsig
- operators
- Polish State Railways, Prussian state railways, Deutsche Reichsbahn, Royal Prussian Military Railway, Saar Railways
- top speed
- 90 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2109251, Wikipedia: Prussian P 4.1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.