#3161· DR-Baureihe 65.10
DR Class 65.10
🇩🇪 East Germany ·built by LEW Hennigsdorf· from 1954· class of 88 East German 2-8-4T locomotives
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4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 065 10er, Meiningen 1972: 8474tim· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. DR 6510 Loebau Heizhausfest 3: -RF-· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Bundesarchiv Bild 183-W1222-0500, Dampflok 65 1033 (BR 65), Thüringer Wald: Ellguth· CC BY-SA 3.0 de
- 4. DR 65 1057 Basdorf 2014-05-29: Michael F. Mehnert· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The DR Class 65.10 was a class of 2-8-4 passenger train tank engine operated by the East German Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR) for heavy suburban and commuter services.
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 72 years ago, in 1954.
- Weighs about as much as 15 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 23 years (1954–1977).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1954–1957
- in service from
- 1954
- retired
- 1977
- status
- retired
- number built
- 88
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 East Germany
- builders
- LEW Hennigsdorf, Orenstein & Koppel, Lokomotivbau Karl Marx Babelsberg
- operators
- Deutsche Reichsbahn (GDR)
- top speed
- 90 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-4
- weight
- 88.9 t
- Dutch name
- DR-Baureihe 65.10
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1155093, Wikipedia: DR Class 65.10 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.