#0761
Saxon IV K
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Sächsische Maschinenfabrik· from 1892· class of 96 German 750-mm gauge Meyer-type 0-4-4-0T locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Meyer Lokomotive sächsische IVK: Werkfoto Hartmann· Public domain
what is it?
The Saxon IV K are narrow gauge, 0-4-4-0T Günther-Meyer type steam engines built for the Royal Saxon State Railways with a track gauge of 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in). A total of 96 were built between 1892 and 1921, making the Saxon IV K the most numerous narrow gauge locomotive in Germany. In 1925 the Deutsche Reichsbahn grouped these engines into their DRG Class 99.51–60.
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 134 years ago, in 1892.
- Weighs about as much as 4 African elephants (~6 t each).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1892–1921
- number built
- 96
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Sächsische Maschinenfabrik
- operators
- Royal Saxon State Railways, Deutsche Reichsbahn (GDR), Deutsche Reichsbahn
- top speed
- 30 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 750 mm narrow gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-4-0
- weight
- 22.4 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1526687, Wikipedia: Saxon IV K (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.