#0569
Saxon II K
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company· from 1885· class of 2 German Fairlie locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. II K: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The Saxon II K (two K) were a class of two 0-4-4-0T double Fairlie locomotives built for the Royal Saxon State Railways with a gauge of 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in). They were retired from service by 1909; in 1913 the classification was reused for pairs of I K locomotives coupled back-to-back. Consequently, there is a distinction between the class II K (old) and II K (new).
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 141 years ago, in 1885.
- Served for 24 years (1885–1909).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1885
- in service from
- 1885
- retired
- 1909
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, R. & W. Hawthorn
- operators
- Royal Saxon State Railways
- top speed
- 30 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 750 mm narrow gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-4-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2378486, Wikipedia: Saxon II K (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.