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BBÖ 729
First Republic of Austria ·built by Lokomotivfabrik Floridsdorf· from 1931· class of 26 Austrian 4-6-4T locomotives
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- 1. OGEG 78618 mikulov 2014-09-14 1: Herbert Ortner· CC BY 4.0
what is it?
The BBÖ 729 was a class of 26 Austrian 4-6-4T locomotives designed to haul fast passenger trains for 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 95 years ago, in 1931.
- 15 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 42 years (1931–1973).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1931–1938
- in service from
- 1931
- retired
- 1973
- status
- retired
- number built
- 26
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- First Republic of Austria
- builders
- Lokomotivfabrik Floridsdorf
- operators
- Deutsche Reichsbahn, Bundesbahnen Österreich
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-4T
- length
- 15 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q795670, Wikipedia: BBÖ 729 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.