#1490
Prussian T 13
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Union Gießerei· from 1910· class of 656 German 0-8-0T tank locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 92 503 Dampflokfest Dresden: Rainerhaufe· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. T13 eisernes tor 1917: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The Prussian T 13 was a series of tank locomotives built in large numbers for the various German state railways, notably the Prussian state railways, and the Deutsche Reichsbahn during the early part of the 20th century.
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 116 years ago, in 1910.
- Served for 59 years (1909–1968).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1910–1922
- in service from
- 1909
- retired
- 1968
- status
- retired
- number built
- 656
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Union Gießerei, Hanomag, Hohenzollern Locomotive Works, Elsässische Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft Grafenstaden, Maschinenfabrik Christian Hagans
- operators
- Austrian Federal Railways, Lietuvos geležinkeliai, AB, Polish State Railways, Deutsche Reichsbahn, Prussian state railways, Deutsche Bundesbahn, Deutsche Reichsbahn (GDR), Československé státní dráhy
- top speed
- 45 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-8-0T
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q878434, Wikipedia: Prussian T 13 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.