what is it?
Class 72 was a single steam locomotive of Hekurudha Shqiptare, the railway company of Albania. The locomotive was built by Maschinenfabrik Esslingen for Dynamit Nobel initially and came to Albania later.
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 85 years ago, in 1941.
- Served for 59 years (1941–2000).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1941
- in service from
- 1941
- retired
- 2000
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- Albania
- builders
- Maschinenfabrik Esslingen
- operators
- Hekurudha Shqiptare
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q18125756, Wikipedia: HSH Class 72 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.