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DRG Class 87
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Orenstein & Koppel· from 1927· class of 16 German 0-10-0T locomotives designed for shunting Hamburg Docks
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. WP Lokomotive BR 87: Werner Hubert· Public domain
what is it?
The German Class 87 was a standard (see Einheitsdampflokomotive) goods train tank locomotive with the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft (DRG). It was specifically designed by the firm of Orenstein & Koppel for use in Hamburg Harbour. The harbour lines had minimal curve radii of only 100 metres (330 ft) and high train loads to be moved.
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 99 years ago, in 1927.
- Weighs about as much as 11 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 13.3 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 28 years (1927–1955).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1927–1928
- in service from
- 1927
- retired
- 1955
- status
- retired
- number built
- 16
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Orenstein & Koppel
- operators
- Deutsche Reichsbahn, Deutsche Bundesbahn
- top speed
- 45 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-10-0
- length
- 13.3 m
- weight
- 68 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q881404, Wikipedia: DRG Class 87 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.