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Bavarian Gts 4/4
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by KraussMaffei· from 1909· class of 1 German metre-gauge 0-8-0T locomotive
what is it?
The only Bavarian Class Gts 4/4 locomotive in the Royal Bavarian State Railways (Königlich Bayerische Staatsbahn) was built in 1909 for the meter gauge line between Eichstätt and Kinding. The four coupled axles were very close together, so that tight curves could be negotiated. The centre axles were installed with side play, which meant the connecting rod had to drive the fourth axle.
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 117 years ago, in 1909.
- Weighs about as much as 3 African elephants (~6 t each).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1909
- retired
- 1935
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- KraussMaffei, Lokomotivfabrik Krauss & Comp.
- operators
- Deutsche Reichsbahn, Royal Bavarian State Railways
- top speed
- 30 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-8-0
- weight
- 20.7 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q261369, Wikipedia: Bavarian Gts 4/4 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.