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Prussian S 6
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Linke-Hofmann· from 1906· class of 585 German 4-4-0 locomotives
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3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Pd 5-17 Warszawa Tech.Kol. 06.04.05: wassen· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Prussian S 6 locomotive at Camp Williams, Is-sur-Tille, France, 9 June 1919 (111-SC-159657): Sgt. Musler, U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-159657· Public domain
- 3. 2017-07-19 15-44-50 RX100 8834 PSMK-Skierniewice pr-S6 13-1247 pln-Pd5-17 Hm10Kp10: KlausMiniwolf· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Prussian S 6 (later DRG Class 13.10–12) was a class of German steam locomotive with a 4-4-0 wheel arrangement operated by the Prussian state railways for express train services.
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 120 years ago, in 1906.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1906–1913
- retired
- 1931
- status
- retired
- number built
- 584
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Linke-Hofmann, Henschel & Sohn, Maschinenbauanstalt Humboldt
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q316791, Wikipedia: Prussian S 6 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.