#3219
DR Class 23.10
🇩🇪 East Germany ·built by Lokomotivbau Karl Marx Babelsberg· from 1955· class of 113 East German 2-6-2 locomotives
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Bundesarchiv Bild 183-47588-0002, Dampflok 23 1001 (BR 23): Rudolf Hesse· CC BY-SA 3.0 de
- 2. Baureihe 23.10 35 1019-5 Wolsztyn 05.16 056: Marek Mróz· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The steam locomotives of DR Class 23.10, (from 1 June 1970 Class 35.10) were passenger train engines built for the Deutsche Reichsbahn in East Germany after the Second World War.
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 71 years ago, in 1955.
- Served for 36 years (1955–1991).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1955–1959
- in service from
- 1955
- retired
- 1991
- status
- retired
- number built
- 113
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 East Germany
- builders
- Lokomotivbau Karl Marx Babelsberg
- operators
- Deutsche Reichsbahn (GDR)
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-2
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1155038, Wikipedia: DR Class 23.10 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.