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KkStB 229
Austria–Hungary ·built by Lokomotivfabrik der StEG· from 1904· class of Austrian 2-6-2T locomotives
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what is it?
The kkStB 229 was a class of passenger 2-6-2Ts with the Imperial Royal Austrian State Railways (k.k.
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 122 years ago, in 1904.
- 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
- 1904–1918
- retired
- 1967
- status
- retired
- number built
- 262
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- Austria–Hungary
- builders
- Lokomotivfabrik der StEG, ČKD, Wiener Neustädter Lokomotivfabrik, Lokomotivfabrik Floridsdorf, První Českomoravská továrna na stroje, Lokomotivfabrik Krauss & Comp.
- operators
- Imperial Royal Austrian State Railways, Aspangbahn, Austrian Southern Railway Company
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-2
- weight
- 50.2 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q344927, Wikipedia: KkStB 229 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.