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Württemberg T 6
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Maschinenfabrik Esslingen· from 1916· class of 12 German 0-8-0T shunting locomotives
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- 1. Eisenbahner vor Lok im Bf Markgröningen: Unknown author Unknown author· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Württemberg T 6 was a German, 0-8-0T, goods train, tank locomotive operated by the Royal Württemberg State Railways. The T 6 was specially procured for heavy shunting duties and was mainly used in the Stuttgart area. Locomotive number 1407 was handed over to the French Chemins de fer de l'État in 1919 and allocated number 40-903.
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 110 years ago, in 1916.
- 368 kW is about 4 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 10 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 10.6 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 51 years (1916–1967).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1916–1918
- in service from
- 1916
- retired
- 1967
- status
- retired
- number built
- 12
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Maschinenfabrik Esslingen
- operators
- Royal Württemberg State Railways, Chemins de fer de l'État, Deutsche Reichsbahn, Deutsche Bundesbahn, Württembergische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, Süddeutsche Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft
- top speed
- 50 km/h
- power
- 368 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-8-0T
- length
- 10.6 m
- weight
- 60 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q970634, Wikipedia: Württemberg T 6 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.