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Saxon IV T
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Sächsische Maschinenfabrik· from 1897· class of 91 German 2-4-2T locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SächsischeIVT 1726 Werkfoto Hartmann: unbekannter Autor· Public domain
what is it?
The Royal Saxon State Railway designated four-coupled tank locomotives for passenger train service as class IV T (four-T), and the Deutsche Reichsbahn subsequently grouped these locomotives into DRG Class 71.3 in 1925.
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 129 years ago, in 1897.
- 11.8 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 58 years (1897–1955).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1897–1909
- in service from
- 1897
- retired
- 1955
- status
- retired
- number built
- 91
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Sächsische Maschinenfabrik
- operators
- Deutsche Reichsbahn, Royal Saxon State Railways, Deutsche Reichsbahn (GDR)
- top speed
- 75 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- length
- 11.8 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2378494, Wikipedia: Saxon IV T (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.