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Mecklenburg XVIII
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Hohenzollern Locomotive Works· from 1886· class of 2 German 0-4-0T locomotives
what is it?
The Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Friedrich-Franz Railway (Großherzoglich Mecklenburgische Friedrich-Franz-Eisenbahn) grouped two, narrow gauge, steam locomotives taken over from the Doberan-Heiligendamm railway (Doberan-Heiligendammer Eisenbahn or DHE) into the Mecklenburg XVIII engine class.
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 140 years ago, in 1886.
- Served for 30 years (1886–1916).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1886–1887
- in service from
- 1886
- retired
- 1916
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Hohenzollern Locomotive Works
- operators
- Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Friedrich-Franz Railway
- top speed
- 35 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 900 mm narrow gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-0T
- weight
- 7.5 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1915745, Wikipedia: Mecklenburg XVIII (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.