#1705
Prussian T 14
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Union Gießerei· from 1914· class of 589 German 2-8-2T locomotives
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 93 230 1: MPW57· Public domain
- 2. Preußische T 14, Eisenbahnmuseum Dieringhausen: Busbahnhof· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Prussian T 14 locomotive at Camp Williams, Is-sur-Tille, France, 9 June 1919 (111-SC-159651): Sgt. Musler, U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-159651· Public domain
what is it?
The Prussian T 14s were German, 2-8-2T, goods train, tank locomotives operated by the Prussian state railways and the Imperial Railways in Alsace-Lorraine. They were later incorporated by the Deutsche Reichsbahn into their renumbering plan as Class 93.0–4. These locomotives were intended for goods traffic and Sunday excursion services on the lines of the Berlin Stadtbahn.
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 112 years ago, in 1914.
- 13.8 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 57 years (1914–1971).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1914–1918
- in service from
- 1914
- retired
- 1971
- status
- retired
- number built
- 589
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Union Gießerei, Henschel & Sohn, Hohenzollern Locomotive Works, Hanomag
- operators
- Polish State Railways, Deutsche Reichsbahn, Chemins de fer de l'Est, Prussian state railways, Imperial Railways in Alsace-Lorraine, Deutsche Bundesbahn, Deutsche Reichsbahn (GDR), Chemins de fer de l'État, Farge-Vegesacker Eisenbahn, Mecklenburgische Friedrich-Wilhelm-Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, Prignitzer Eisenbahn AG, Belgian State Railways, Saar Railways
- top speed
- 65 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-2T
- length
- 13.8 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q164269, Wikipedia: Prussian T 14 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.
