Deutsche Reichsbahn 2-8-4 Locomotives in Germany

Class BR 65.10 (Locobase 1708)

Data from [], last accessed 12 May 2011.

East German "Neubaulok" (standard new design). The 65 class first appeared in 1951, with 65.10 following three years later. Despite the relatively low drivers, this was a passenger-service engine.

[] (a German steam locomotive parts supplier) gives the normal steaming capacity as 10,000 kg/hr. The same site says these were rated as capable of hauling a 420-short ton passenger train up a 2% grade at 90 kph.

See also H. Le Fleming in Ransome-Wallis (1959)

Class BR 83 10 (Locobase 1709)

Data from [], supplemented by Albert Gieseler at [], last accessed 9 May 2011. See also "DR-Baureihe 83.10" in Wikipedia at [], last accessed 10 March 2025.

Very low-drivered freight tank engine built by East Germany as part of their "Neubaulok" series of standard designs. They hauled passenger trains in branch-line service at speeds up to 60 kph (37 mph). A plate frame held the fuly-welded boiler and tank. In addition to the Krauss-Helmholz bogie that combined the leading truck with the first coupled axle, the BR 83.10s running gear included a flangleless third coupled axle and an outside-framed bogie for the two axles under the tank.

Testing soon revealed several problems including the superheater regulator design and the compressed-air powered reverser. Even though several other shortcomings became apparent, a motive power shortage required the DR to procure 26 more. On some lines, notably that of the Erzgebirge route, the class proved useful in part because of its relativly large fuel and water capacities.