#1015
Saxon X V
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Sächsische Maschinenfabrik· from 1900· class of 15 German 4-4-2 locomotives
what is it?
The Royal Saxon State Railways designated four-coupled, Atlantic (4-4-2) express locomotives as Class X V {\displaystyle \textstyle {\mathfrak {V}}} and the Deutsche Reichsbahn subsequently grouped these locomotives into DRG Class 14.2 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 126 years ago, in 1900.
- Weighs about as much as 10 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 20.4 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 26 years (1900–1926).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1900–1902
- in service from
- 1900
- retired
- 1926
- status
- retired
- number built
- 15
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Sächsische Maschinenfabrik
- operators
- Royal Saxon State Railways, Deutsche Reichsbahn
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-2
- length
- 20.4 m
- weight
- 61.9 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2378688, Wikipedia: Saxon X V (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.