#1808
Württemberg K
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Maschinenfabrik Esslingen· from 1917· class of 44 German/Austrian 2-12-0 locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Güterzuglok K: Eugen Kittel (1859–1946)· Public domain
- 2. Württemberg K: Eugen Kittel (1859-1946), great grandfather of Michael Radermacher· Public domain
what is it?
The Württemberg Class K steam locomotives of the Royal Württemberg State Railways (Königlich Württembergische Staats-Eisenbahnen) were the only twelve-coupled locomotives built for a German railway company.
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 109 years ago, in 1917.
- 1.4 MW is about 17 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 20.2 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 40 years (1917–1957).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1917–1924
- in service from
- 1917
- retired
- 1957
- status
- retired
- number built
- 44
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Maschinenfabrik Esslingen
- operators
- Royal Württemberg State Railways, Deutsche Reichsbahn
- top speed
- 65 km/h
- power
- 1.4 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- length
- 20.2 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q883996, Wikipedia: Württemberg K (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.