Germany · Steam loco
BR 23
The BR 23 is a steam loco from Germany in Train Sim World. It comes with 1 route.
Where you can drive it
Comes with
In the game
Names in Dovetail's lists: DB BR 23 steam.
In these DLCs: Neckartalbahn: Heidelberg - Neckarelz.
The real thing
A German steam locomotive for passenger trains, developed in the 1950s for the Deutsche Bundesbahn. It has a 2-6-2 wheel arrangement and was built to replace the Prussian P 8 engines.
- Built by: Henschel & Sohn (29), Arnold Jung Lokomotivfabrik (51), Krupp (21), Maschinenfabrik Esslingen (4) (Wikipedia)
- Built: 1950–1959 (Wikipedia)
- Number built: 105 (Wikipedia)
- Operators: Deutsche Bundesbahn (Wikipedia)
- Top speed: forwards: 110 km/h (68.4 mph), backwards: 85 km/h (52.8 mph) (Wikipedia)
- Wheel arrangement: 2-6-2 (Wikipedia)
- Power type: Steam (Wikipedia)
Photo: Hans-Peter Scholz Ulenspiegel, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons.
From the English Wikipedia article DB Class 23 and Wikidata.
Sources. Dovetail's public DLC database and Steam store pages; English Wikipedia and Wikidata for the real train.