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DR 18 201
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Meiningen Steam Locomotive Works· from 1961· preserved German 4-6-2 locomotive
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 18201 Hersbruck 30062007 Wasser: Total number of my uploaded files : 1116· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. DR 18 201 DR 52 8177 Bw Schöneweide 2011-06-03: Bergfalke2· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. DR 18 201 Lutherstadt Wittenberg 2011-06-02 b: Bergfalke2· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. DR 18 201 Lutherstadt Wittenberg 2011-06-02 c: Bergfalke2· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. DR 18 201 Lutherstadt Wittenberg 2011-06-02: Bergfalke2· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. DR 18 201 und ALEX 183 003 Lutherstadt Wittenberg 2011-06-02: Bergfalke2· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. DR 18 201 Wolsztyn 05.16 042: Marek Mróz· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. 18 201 2015 builder plates: PetrS.· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. 18 201 2015 coupled axle 1st: PetrS.· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. 18 201 2015 coupled axle 3rd: PetrS.· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The German express locomotive, number 18 201 of the Deutsche Reichsbahn in East Germany, appeared in 1960–61 at Meiningen Steam Locomotive Works as a conversion of the Henschel-Wegmann train locomotive 61 002, the tender from 44 468 and parts of H 45 024 and Class 41. It is the fastest operational steam locomotive in the world.
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 65 years ago, in 1961.
- Top speed is 1.4× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 13 minutes.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1961
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Meiningen Steam Locomotive Works
- operators
- Deutsche Reichsbahn (GDR)
- top speed
- 180 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-2
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q319494, Wikipedia: DR 18 201 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.