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Landquart-Davos G 2x2/2
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Maffei· from 1891· class of 2 Swiss metre-gauge 0-4-4-T locomotives
what is it?
The Landquart-Davos G 2x2/2, also known as the Rhaetian Railway G 2x2/2, and, from 1910 to 1911, as the Rhaetian Railway G 2/3+2/2, was a two-member class of metre gauge Mallet-type steam locomotives manufactured by J. A. Maffei in Munich, Germany. Both locomotives in the class entered service in Switzerland in 1891. They were rebuilt in 1910–1911, but became surplus to requirements in 1920.
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 135 years ago, in 1891.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 10.3 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 49 years (1891–1940).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1891
- in service from
- 1891
- retired
- 1940
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Maffei
- operators
- Rhaetian Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Originally: 0-4-4-0T Mallet
- length
- 10.3 m
- weight
- 36.5 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1797981, Wikipedia: Landquart-Davos G 2x2/2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.