#0549
Bavarian LE
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by KraussMaffei· from 1885· class of 5 German metre-gauge 0-6-0T locomotives
what is it?
The steam locomotives of Bavarian Class LE were narrow gauge engines with the Royal Bavarian State Railways (Königlich Bayerische Staats-Eisenbahnen).
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 141 years ago, in 1885.
- Weighs about as much as 2 African elephants (~6 t each).
other: Railcars, inspection vehicles and other rolling stock.
spec sheet
- built
- 1885–1900
- number built
- 5
- kind
- other
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- KraussMaffei, Lokomotivfabrik Krauss & Comp.
- top speed
- 30 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
- weight
- 12.7 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q812240, Wikipedia: Bavarian LE (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.