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Prussian T 8
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Linke-Hofmann· from 1906· class of 100 German 0-6-0T locomotives
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what is it?
The Prussian T 8 were six-coupled superheated goods tank locomotives of the Prussian state railways. They were originally intended for suburban passenger service in Berlin, and for use on branch lines. Due to their poor running qualities, they were demoted to shunting and short-distance goods train service.
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 120 years ago, in 1906.
- 9.5 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 60 years (1906–1966).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1906–1909
- in service from
- 1906
- retired
- 1966
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 100
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Linke-Hofmann, Orenstein & Koppel, Hanomag
- operators
- Polish State Railways, Deutsche Reichsbahn, Prussian state railways, Westfälische Landes-Eisenbahn, Brandenburg State Railway Company, Prenzlauer Kreisbahn, Mecklenburgische Friedrich-Wilhelm-Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, Lokalbahn AG, Deutsche Reichsbahn (GDR), Braunschweigische Landes-Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft
- top speed
- 60 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- length
- 9.5 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1665523, Wikipedia: Prussian T 8 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.