#0259
Saxon III
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Sächsische Maschinenfabrik· from 1871· class of 87 German 2-4-0 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Sächsische III 243 Werkfoto-Hartmann: unbekannter Autor· Public domain
what is it?
The Saxon Class III were early, four-coupled, tender locomotives operated by the Royal Saxon State Railways for express services. The Deutsche Reichsbahn grouped these engines in 1925 into their DRG Class 34.76.
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 155 years ago, in 1871.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1871–1873
- number built
- 87
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Sächsische Maschinenfabrik, Maschinenfabrik Esslingen
- operators
- Royal Saxon State Railways
- top speed
- 70 km/h
- power
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From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q252624, Wikipedia: Saxon III (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.