#1798
Saxon XVIII H
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Sächsische Maschinenfabrik· from 1917· class of 10 German 4-6-2 locomotives (1917–1965)
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- 1. Deutsche Reichsbahn, DR 18 002: Unknown author Unknown author· CC0
what is it?
The Saxon Class XVIII H {\displaystyle \textstyle {\mathfrak {H}}} was a German six-coupled tender locomotive built for the Royal Saxon State Railways (Königlich Sächsische Staatseisenbahnen) in 1917/18 for express train services. The Deutsche Reichsbahn grouped them in 1925 into DRG Class 18.0.
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 109 years ago, in 1917.
- Weighs about as much as 14 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 22.2 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 48 years (1917–1965).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1917
- in service from
- 1917
- retired
- 1965
- status
- retired
- number built
- 10
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Sächsische Maschinenfabrik
- operators
- Royal Saxon State Railways, Deutsche Reichsbahn, Deutsche Reichsbahn (GDR)
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-2
- length
- 22.2 m
- weight
- 84.4 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q164085, Wikipedia: Saxon XVIII H (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.