#1883
BBÖ 81
🇦🇹 Austria ·built by Lokomotivfabrik der StEG· from 1920· class of 73 Austrian 2-10-0 locomotives
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- 1. ÖBB 58.744 Strasshof Austria 2017-05-02: Loco Steve from Bromley , UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The BBÖ 81 was a class of heavy freight 2-10-0 steam locomotives with the Federal Railway of Austria (Bundesbahnen Österreichs, BBÖ).
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 106 years ago, in 1920.
- 1.1 MW is about 13 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 18.1 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 41 years (1920–1961).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1920–1923
- in service from
- 1920
- retired
- 1961
- status
- retired
- number built
- 73
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇹 Austria
- builders
- Lokomotivfabrik der StEG, Wiener Neustädter Lokomotivfabrik, Lokomotivfabrik Floridsdorf, Lokomotivfabrik Krauss & Comp. Linz
- operators
- Deutsche Reichsbahn, Austrian Federal Railways, Yugoslav Railways, Bundesbahnen Österreich
- top speed
- 55 km/h
- power
- 1.1 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-10-0
- length
- 18.1 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q795669, Wikipedia: BBÖ 81 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.