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Alsace-Lorraine A 4
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Vulcan Foundry· from 1866· class of 4 British (later German) 2-4-0 locomotives
what is it?
The Alsace-Lorraine A 4 was a class of four 2-4-0 express passenger locomotives acquired by the Imperial Railways in Alsace-Lorraine (Reichseisenbahnen in Elsaß-Lothringen, EL) in 1871.
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 160 years ago, in 1866.
- Served for 29 years (1871–1900).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1866
- in service from
- 1871
- retired
- 1900
- status
- retired
- number built
- 4
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Vulcan Foundry
- operators
- Imperial Railways in Alsace-Lorraine
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-4-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1333485, Wikipedia: Alsace-Lorraine A 4 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.