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Baden X b
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft Karlsruhe· from 1907· class of 98 German 0-8-0T locomotives
what is it?
The Baden X b of the Grand Duchy of Baden State Railway was a class of 0-8-0T steam locomotive designed for heavy shunting. In 1925 out of the 98 examples built, 90 entered the Deutsche Reichsbahn as DRG Class 92.2–3 in their numbering plan. Of these, 80 were taken over by the Deutsche Bundesbahn and two by the Deutsche Reichsbahn (GDR).
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 119 years ago, in 1907.
- 368 kW is about 4 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 10.7 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 59 years (1907–1966).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1907–1921
- in service from
- 1907
- retired
- 1966
- status
- retired
- number built
- 98
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft Karlsruhe, Maffei
- operators
- Grand Duchy of Baden State Railway, Deutsche Reichsbahn, Deutsche Bundesbahn, Deutsche Reichsbahn (GDR), Chemins de fer de l'État, Compagnie du Nord - Belge
- top speed
- 45 km/h
- power
- 368 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-8-0
- length
- 10.7 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q799136, Wikipedia: Baden X b (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.