DRG Class 86

what is it?

The DRG Class 86 was a standard (see Einheitsdampflokomotive) goods train tank locomotive with the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft. It was intended for duties on branch lines and was delivered by almost all the locomotive building firms working for the Reichsbahn. From 1942 it was built in a simplified version as a 'transitional war locomotive' (Übergangskriegslokomotive or ÜK).

who runs it

Nederlandse SpoorwegenAustrian Federal RailwaysPolish State RailwaysDeutsche BundesbahnDeutsche ReichsbahnDeutsche Reichsbahn (GDR)RORailways of the SaarlandELEutin-Lübecker EisenbahnSRSoviet RailwaysBentheimer EisenbahnČeskoslovenské státní dráhy

base stats

• built 776made in total

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 98 years ago, in 1928.
• ⌛Served for 61 years (1928–1989).

steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.

spec sheet

built

1928–1943

in service from

1928

retired

1989

status

retired

number built

776

kind

Steam

traction

steam

origin

🇵🇱 Poland

builders

Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft Karlsruhe, Linke-Hofmann, Schichau-Werke, Friedrich Krupp AG, Maschinenfabrik Esslingen, LEW Hennigsdorf, Henschel & Sohn, Berliner Maschinenbau

operators

Nederlandse Spoorwegen, Austrian Federal Railways, Polish State Railways, Deutsche Bundesbahn, Deutsche Reichsbahn, Deutsche Reichsbahn (GDR), Railways of the Saarland, Eutin-Lübecker Eisenbahn, Soviet Railways, Bentheimer Eisenbahn, Československé státní dráhy

top speed

—

power

—

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

2-8-2

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.