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DRG Class 80
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Hohenzollern Locomotive Works· from 1927· class of 39 German 0-6-0T locomotives
4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 80 014 von Liesel bestellt: © Sam Gamdschie / Wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. 80013 DDM: Total number of my uploaded files : 1116· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. BR 80 im Dampflokmuseum Neuenmark: Schlesinger· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Trix Express BR 80: Michael Linnenbach· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Class 80 tank engines were German standard locomotives (Einheitsloks) with the Deutsche Reichsbahn. They were intended to replace the aging state railway line engines on shunting duties at large stations.
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 99 years ago, in 1927.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 50 years (1927–1977).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1927–1928
- in service from
- 1927
- retired
- 1977
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 39
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Hohenzollern Locomotive Works, Union Gießerei, Arnold Jung Lokomotivfabrik, Maschinenfabrik Christian Hagans
- operators
- Deutsche Reichsbahn, Deutsche Bundesbahn, Deutsche Reichsbahn (GDR)
- top speed
- 45 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
- weight
- 44.3 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q514778, Wikipedia: DRG Class 80 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.