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Prussian S 5.1
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Henschel & Sohn· from 1900· class of Polish 4-4-0 locomotives (ex Prussian S 5.1)
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- 1. S5 Elsaß-Lothringische: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The S 5.1 was the Prussian express steam locomotive series (originally S 5), produced between 1900 and 1903 in two variants. It featured a four-cylinder compound engine using saturated steam and a wheel arrangement of 2'B (2-2-0). After World War I, only one S 5.1 locomotive was used by the Polish State Railways, designated Pd3.
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 126 years ago, in 1900.
- 17.6 m long: about 4 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
- 1900–1904
- number built
- —
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Henschel & Sohn, Hanomag
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 2'B n4v (2-2-0)
- length
- 17.6 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q20034044, Wikipedia: Prussian S 5.1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.