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what is it?
The Oldenburg G 7 steam locomotive was a class of German 0-8-0 locomotives produced for the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg State Railways (Großherzoglich Oldenburgische Eisenbahn). It was an eight-coupled engine, intended for heavy goods train duties, and was based on the Prussian G 7. It had a 1,660 mm diameter boiler located 2,820 mm above the top of the rails in the plate frame, and was equipped with a single Walschaerts valve gear as well as a Lentz valve gear.
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 114 years ago, in 1912.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1912–1918
- number built
- 22
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- builders
- Unknown builder
- top speed
- 45 km/h
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 0-8-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2018693, Wikipedia: Oldenburg G 7 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.