#3421
DR Class 22
🇩🇪 East Germany ·built by Meiningen Steam Locomotive Works· from 1958· class of 85 East German 2-8-2 locomotives rebuilt from class 39.0 (Prussian P 10)
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. DR 22 032: Werner Huhle.· CC BY-SA 3.0 de
- 2. BR 22 Nördlingen: Rainerhaufe at German Wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The steam locomotives of DR Class 22 were reconstructed passenger train locomotives in service with the Deutsche Reichsbahn in East Germany after the Second World War. These engines were rebuilt from DRG Class 39.0-2 locomotives and appeared between 1958 and 1962 as part of the reconstruction programme. The latter had a significant problem: the boiler did not generate enough steam and the steam pipes were too winding, which considerably reduced the maximum power of the engine.
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 68 years ago, in 1958.
- Served for 13 years (1958–1971).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1958–1962
- in service from
- 1958
- retired
- 1971
- status
- retired
- number built
- 85
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 East Germany
- builders
- Meiningen Steam Locomotive Works
- operators
- Deutsche Reichsbahn (GDR)
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-2
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1155033, Wikipedia: DR Class 22 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.