#2413
DRG Class 56.2–8
🇵🇱 Poland ·built by Unknown builder· from 1934· class of 691 German 2-6-0 locomotives rebuilt from Prussian G 8.1 0-8-0 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Parowóz Tr5: Travelarz· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
Between 1934 and 1941 the Deutsche Reichsbahn (DRG) converted 691 former Prussian-built Class 55.25–56 steam locomotives; the result was the DRG Class 56.2–8. The carrying axle enabled higher speeds, and the engine could be used as a passenger train locomotive. In addition the average axle load was lower, so that these locomotives could also be used on branch lines.
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 92 years ago, in 1934.
- 18.3 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 36 years (1934–1970).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1934
- in service from
- 1934
- retired
- 1970
- status
- retired
- number built
- 691
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇵🇱 Poland
- builders
- Unknown builder
- operators
- Austrian Federal Railways, Deutsche Reichsbahn, Polish State Railways, Deutsche Reichsbahn (GDR), Deutsche Bundesbahn, Railways of the Saarland
- top speed
- 70 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-0
- length
- 18.3 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q321138, Wikipedia: DRG Class 56.2–8 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.