#2770
Heeresfeldbahnlokomotive HF 160 D
🇫🇷 France ·built by Société Franco-Belge· from 1944· Narrow gauge locomotive of the German military railways
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 69901 Mauterndorf: Herbert Ortner , Vienna, Austria· CC BY 4.0
- 2. ÖBB 699.1: Herbert Ortner· CC BY 4.0
what is it?
The German narrow gauge steam locomotives of military field railway (Heeresfeldbahn) class HF 160 D were 0-8-0 tender locomotives developed for wartime service during the Second World War. The engines were also classified as Kriegsdampflokomotive 11 (wartime steam locomotive 11) or KDL 11. After the war the locomotives were put to use for civilian purposes.
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 82 years ago, in 1944.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1944
- retired
- 1968
- status
- retired
- number built
- —
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- Société Franco-Belge
- top speed
- 25 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 750 mm narrow gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-8-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1593543, Wikipedia: Heeresfeldbahnlokomotive HF 160 D (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.