#1965
Württemberg Hz
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Maschinenfabrik Esslingen· from 1922· class of 4 German 0-10-0T rack locomotives
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- 1. DRG 97 502: Manfred Kopka· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Württemberg Hz were 0-10-0 rack and adhesion steam locomotives, initially developed by the Royal Württemberg State Railways (Königlich Württembergische Staats-Eisenbahnen), but delivered to the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft (DRG) in the mid-1920s.
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 104 years ago, in 1922.
- Weighs about as much as 10 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 39 years (1923–1962).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1922–1925
- in service from
- 1923
- retired
- 1962
- status
- retired
- number built
- 4
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Maschinenfabrik Esslingen
- operators
- Deutsche Bundesbahn, Deutsche Reichsbahn
- top speed
- 50 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-10-0
- weight
- 62.2 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q518481, Wikipedia: Württemberg Hz (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.