#1669
Baden VI c
🇧🇪 Belgium ·built by Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft Karlsruhe· from 1914· class of 135 German 2-6-2T locomotives
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what is it?
The first steam locomotives of the Baden Class VI c were delivered in 1914 by the Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft Karlsruhe for service in southwestern Germany with the Grand Duchy of Baden State Railway (Großherzoglich Badische Staatsbahn).
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 112 years ago, in 1914.
- Served for 55 years (1914–1969).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1914–1921
- in service from
- 1914
- retired
- 1969
- status
- retired
- number built
- 135
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇧🇪 Belgium
- builders
- Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft Karlsruhe, Arnold Jung Lokomotivfabrik
- operators
- Société nationale des chemins de fer français, Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois, Deutsche Bundesbahn, Deutsche Reichsbahn, Société anonyme luxembourgeoise des chemins de fer et minières Prince-Henri, Grand Duchy of Baden State Railway, Deutsche Reichsbahn (GDR), Chemins de fer de l'État, Belgian State Railways
- top speed
- 90 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-2T
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q751180, Wikipedia: Baden VI c (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.