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DR Class 58.30
🇩🇪 East Germany ·built by Unknown builder· from 1958· class of 56 East German 2-10-0 locomotives rebuilt from Class 58.2–5, 10–21 (Prussian G 12)
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 58 3047: Jens Hofmann· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. 125. BR 58 3031 in Glauchau. Deutsche Reichsbahn DDR. (4845653449): Michel Huhardeaux from Brussels, Belgium· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. 126. BR 58 3052 zwichen Gera und Karl-Marx-Stadt. Deutsche Reichsbahn DDR. (4845653909): Michel Huhardeaux from Brussels, Belgium· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 4. 134. BR 58 3053 in Ronneburg. Deutsche Reichsbahn DDR. (4846274572): Michel Huhardeaux from Brussels, Belgium· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. 20050805.SEM Museumstag-BR 58 3047.-011: Bybbisch94, Christian Gebhardt· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. 20050805.SEM Museumstag-BR 58 3047.-012: Bybbisch94, Christian Gebhardt· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. DR 58 3052 Riesa: Rainerhaufe· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. DR 58 3052: Michel Huhardeaux· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 9. DR 58-3024 (4845654603): Michel Huhardeaux· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 10. DR 58-3024 (4845655255): Michel Huhardeaux· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
After the Second World War, the Deutsche Reichsbahn in East Germany had a requirement for powerful goods train locomotives with a 15-18 tonne axle load for routes in the Mittelgebirge, the mountainous areas in the south of the country. As a result, the DR Class 58.30 emerged, as part of the so-called 'reconstruction programme', based on rebuilds of the former Prussian G 12 locomotives (later DRG Class 58.2-5, 10-21). Between 1958 and 1962, 56 locomotives, originally from various state railways (even several former Alsace locomotives) were converted at the former repair shop, RAW Zwickau.
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 68 years ago, in 1958.
- Served for 23 years (1958–1981).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1958
- in service from
- 1958
- retired
- 1981
- status
- retired
- number built
- 56
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 East Germany
- builders
- Unknown builder
- operators
- Deutsche Reichsbahn (GDR)
- top speed
- 70 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-10-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q762774, Wikipedia: DR Class 58.30 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.