#2193
DRG Class 24
🇵🇱 Poland ·built by Schichau-Werke· from 1928· class of 95 German 2-6-0 locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Lok 24 009 um 1974 in Mayen: Lothar Spurzem· CC BY-SA 2.0 de
- 2. DRG 24 009: Manfred Kopka· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The DRG Class 24 steam engines were German standard locomotives (Einheitslokomotiven) built for the Deutsche Reichsbahn between 1928 and 1939 to haul passenger trains.
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 98 years ago, in 1928.
- Served for 48 years (1928–1976).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1928–1939
- in service from
- 1928
- retired
- 1976
- status
- retired
- number built
- 95
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇵🇱 Poland
- builders
- Schichau-Werke, Hanomag, Henschel & Sohn, Friedrich Krupp AG, LEW Hennigsdorf, Linke-Hofmann, Borsig, Lokomotiv- und Waggonbaufabrik Krupp
- operators
- Polish State Railways, Deutsche Bundesbahn, Deutsche Reichsbahn, Deutsche Reichsbahn (GDR)
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q882488, Wikipedia: DRG Class 24 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.