#2246
DRG Class 98.10
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by KraussMaffei· from 1929· class of 45 German 0-8-2T locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Bahnhof Gfäll - Dampflokomotive: Markus Stangl· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The locomotives of DRG Class 98.10 (Baureihe 98.10 and, unofficially, the Bavarian GtL 4/5) were superheated steam locomotives with the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft. After the Bavarian GtL 4/4 (Bayerische GtL 4/4) class engines had proved to be very reliable and had all been taken over by the Reichsbahn, it was decided to build further examples of them. However, because they were very slow with a top speed of 40 km/h (25 mph), the design was modified and the so-called GtL 4/5 was built with an additional trailing axle, that was linked to the final coupled axle by a Krauss-Helmholtz bogie.
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 97 years ago, in 1929.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 37 years (1929–1966).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1929–1933
- in service from
- 1929
- retired
- 1966
- status
- retired
- number built
- 45
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- KraussMaffei, Lokomotivfabrik Krauss & Comp.
- operators
- Deutsche Reichsbahn, Deutsche Bundesbahn
- top speed
- 45 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-8-2
- weight
- 42.9 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1155135, Wikipedia: DRG Class 98.10 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.