#1777
Saxon XV HTV
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Sächsische Maschinenfabrik· from 1916· class of 2 German 0-6-6-0T locomotives
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- 1. Sächsische XV HTV historische Aufnahme: unbekannter Autor· Public domain
what is it?
The Saxon Class XV HTV was a class of goods train steam locomotive operated by the Royal Saxon State Railways, which had been conceived for hauling trains and acting as banking engines for routes in the Ore Mountains. In 1925 the Deutsche Reichsbahn grouped them into their DRG Class 79.0.
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 110 years ago, in 1916.
- Weighs about as much as 12 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 16 years (1916–1932).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1916
- in service from
- 1916
- retired
- 1932
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Sächsische Maschinenfabrik
- operators
- Royal Saxon State Railways
- top speed
- 70 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-6-0
- weight
- 74.6 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1569959, Wikipedia: Saxon XV HTV (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.