Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
In the beginning, locomotives of the Royal Bavarian State Railways were given names. The locomotive name was displayed in raised capital letters on a brass plate on the side of the boiler or, in the case of tank locomotives, on the side of the water tank.
The last locomotives (18 622 and 18 630) were taken out of service in 1965 in Lindau and scrapped in 1966. By contrast number 18 612 is preserved in the German Steam Locomotive Museum (Deutsches Dampflokomotiv-Museum) where it can be viewed. The unmodified S 3/6 engines were all withdrawn by 1962, apart from 18 505.
This category covers all locomotives formerly operated by state and private railways in Bavaria prior to the formation of the Deutsche Reichseisenbahnen.In addition to those owned by the Royal Bavarian State Railways or K.Bay.Sts.B. it covers those belonging to the post-war Bay.Sts.B., as well as private railways including the Bavarian Ostbahn and the Lokalbahn AG.
The Bavarian B VI steam engines were 2-4-0 locomotives with the Royal Bavarian State Railways (Königlich Bayerische Staatsbahn). [1] This class was a development of the B V; its dimensions, heating area and grate area being almost the same, only the driving wheel diameter being larger. [2] It was built in two series.
The C II locomotives were needed to handle the growth in goods traffic. The standard variant of the C II series was built as an 0-6-0 engine with a 4-wheeled tender. It was derived from the Bavarian C I class and was given an external locomotive frame , horizontal outside cylinders , an internal Stephenson valve gear and a 'long-necked crank ...
The first four steam locomotives designated as Class B IX by the Royal Bavarian State Railways were procured from the locomotive works of Strousberg. They were transferred in 1872 to the Imperial Railways in Alsace-Lorraine. For the remainder, see Bavarian B IX. They were equipped with tenders of Class 3 T 10.
The Royal Bavarian State Railways' sole class S 2/6 steam locomotive was built in 1906 by the firm of Maffei in Munich, Germany. It was of 4-4-4 wheel arrangement in the Whyte notation, or 2'B2' h4v in the UIC classification scheme, and was a 4-cylinder, von Borries, balanced compound locomotive. It was initially assigned No. 3201.
For many enthusiasts this is the most beautiful German steam locomotive and its popularity is testified by the numerous models produced in recent years by manufacturers such as Roco, Märklin and Trix. In 1914 the first units of the most powerful Bavarian steam locomotive, the Class Gt 2x4/4 Mallet tank engine (later DRG Class 96.0) entered ...