#0477
Bavarian Krauss railmotor
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by KraussMaffei· from 1882· class of 1 German steam railcar
what is it?
The double-decked MCi railmotor (German: Dampftriebwagen MCi) was built in 1882 by Krauss and Company with the works number 1181 and delivered to the Royal Bavarian State Railways, who deployed it in the areas of Würzburg and Bamberg. The steam-powered railbus had a B'2' wheel arrangement, one axle pair being driven by connecting rods. It had a transverse boiler and a gross service weight of 28 t (27.6 long tons; 30.9 short tons).
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 144 years ago, in 1882.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1882
- retired
- 1882
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- KraussMaffei, Lokomotivfabrik Krauss & Comp.
- operators
- Royal Bavarian State Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- B’+B
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q205641, Wikipedia: Bavarian Krauss railmotor (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.