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DR Class 25.10
🇩🇪 East Germany ·built by Lokomotivbau Karl Marx Babelsberg· from 1954· class of 2 East German prototype 2-8-0 locomotives
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- 1. Bundesarchiv Bild 183-31401-0001, Kohlenstaublok 25 1001 (BR 25): Unknown Unknown· CC BY-SA 3.0 de
what is it?
The steam locomotives of DR Class 25.10 were passenger train locomotives built for the Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR) in East Germany after World War II.
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.
- Served for 14 years (1954–1968).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1954–1955
- in service from
- 1954
- retired
- 1968
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- 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
- 2-8-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1155045, Wikipedia: DR Class 25.10 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.