#0666
Saxon III K
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Sächsische Maschinenfabrik· from 1889· class of 6 German 0-6-2T locomotives
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what is it?
The Saxon III K (three K) were a class of six 0-6-2T locomotives of the Royal Saxon State Railways with a track gauge of 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in). In 1925, the Deutsche Reichsbahn grouped these locomotives into their DRG Class 99.754.
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 137 years ago, in 1889.
- Weighs about as much as 3 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 9 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 37 years (1889–1926).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1889–1891
- in service from
- 1889
- retired
- 1926
- status
- retired
- number built
- 6
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Sächsische Maschinenfabrik, Lokomotivfabrik Krauss & Comp.
- operators
- Deutsche Reichsbahn, Royal Saxon State Railways
- top speed
- 30 km/h
- power
- 143 kW
- gauge
- 750 mm narrow gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-2
- length
- 9 m
- weight
- 19.3 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2378475, Wikipedia: Saxon III K (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.