#3162· DR type 99.23-24
DR Class 99.23-24
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Lokomotivbau Karl Marx Babelsberg· from 1954· class of 17 East German metre-gauge 2-10-2T locomotives
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5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 00 3297 Drei Annen Hohne (Wernigerode) - Brockenbahn: W. Bulach· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. DR Class 99.23-24 Locomotive no. 99 7243: BjörnT at German Wikipedia· Public domain
- 3. 131. 1980-05. Harzquerbahn, BR 99 02. Deutsche Reichsbahn ( DDR ). (5726714212): Michel Huhardeaux from Brussels, Belgium· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 4. 132. 1980-05. Harzquerbahn, BR 99 02 in der Gegend von Nordhausen. (5726159303): Michel Huhardeaux from Brussels, Belgium· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. DR Class 99.23-24: Henk Obee· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The DR Class 99.23 are metre gauge tank locomotives built by the Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR) in East Germany from 1954 to 1956. When they entered service they had operating numbers 99 231–99 247. Today they are numbered 99 7231–99 7247.
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 8 African elephants (~6 t each).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1954–1956
- in service from
- 1954
- number built
- 17
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Lokomotivbau Karl Marx Babelsberg
- operators
- Deutsche Reichsbahn (GDR), Soviet Railways, Harzer Schmalspurbahnen
- top speed
- 40 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-10-2
- weight
- 47.5 t
- Dutch name
- DR type 99.23-24
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1155165, Wikipedia: DR Class 99.23-24 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.