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Württemberg D
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Maschinenfabrik Esslingen· from 1898· class of 14 German 4-6-0 de Glehn compound steam locomotives
what is it?
The Württemberg D was a class of 14 locomotives of the Royal Württemberg State Railways (Königlich Württembergische Staats-Eisenbahnenen, K.W.St.E.) They were designed for the Ulm to Bretten via Stuttgart line. They were a four-cylinder de Glehn compound. They were capable of taking a train of 250 tonnes (250 long tons; 280 short tons) up a 1% (1 in 100) incline at a speed of 60 km/h (37 mph).
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 128 years ago, in 1898.
- Weighs about as much as 11 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 16.9 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 32 years (1898–1930).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1898–1905
- in service from
- 1898
- retired
- 1930
- status
- retired
- number built
- 14
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Maschinenfabrik Esslingen
- operators
- Polish State Railways, Deutsche Reichsbahn, Chemins de fer de l'État, Royal Württemberg State Railways
- top speed
- 90 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-0
- length
- 16.9 m
- weight
- 64.4 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2596830, Wikipedia: Württemberg D (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.