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DRG Class 98.11
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Unknown builder· from 1934· class of 29 German 2-8-0T locomotives rebuilt from class 98.10
what is it?
The Class 98.11 steam locomotives of the Deutsche Reichsbahn were rebuilds of the Bavarian Class GtL 4/4 (DRG Class 98.8-9). Because the riding qualities of the Class 98.10 were still not good enough to raise the speed of branch line (Lokalbahn) trains in Bavaria significantly, the Reichsbahn decided in 1934 to rebuild a Class GtL 4/4 engine (no. 98 906).
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.
- 331 kW is about 4 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 34 years (1934–1968).
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
- 1968
- status
- retired
- number built
- 29
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Unknown builder
- operators
- Deutsche Reichsbahn, Deutsche Bundesbahn, Deutsche Reichsbahn (GDR)
- top speed
- 55 km/h
- power
- 331 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-0
- weight
- 40.5 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1155138, Wikipedia: DRG Class 98.11 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.