#1066
Saxon V K
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Sächsische Maschinenfabrik· from 1901· class of 9 German 0-8-0T locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. V K: Werkfoto Hartmann· Public domain
what is it?
The Saxon Class V K were German 0-8-0T narrow gauge steam locomotives operated by the Royal Saxon State Railways which had been primarily intended for the Müglitztalbahn. In 1925 the Deutsche Reichsbahn incorporated arranged these locomotives as DRG Class 99.61.
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 125 years ago, in 1901.
- 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
- 1901–1907
- retired
- 1942
- status
- retired
- number built
- 9
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Sächsische Maschinenfabrik
- operators
- Royal Saxon State Railways
- top speed
- 30 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 750 mm narrow gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-8-0
- weight
- 22.8 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2378623, Wikipedia: Saxon V K (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.