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Bavarian B VII
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Lokomotivfabrik Krauss & Comp.· from 1868· class of 6 German 0-4-0 locomotives
what is it?
The Bavarian B VII was an experimental locomotive with the Royal Bavarian State Railways (Königlich Bayerische Staatsbahn). These turf-fired locomotives were the first ones delivered by Krauss to the state railways in Bavaria. They resembled the 0-4-0 vehicles of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg State Railways (Großherzoglich Oldenburgische Staatseisenbahnen).
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 158 years ago, in 1868.
- 13.2 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 9 years (1868–1877).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1868
- in service from
- 1868
- retired
- 1877
- status
- retired
- number built
- 6
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Lokomotivfabrik Krauss & Comp.
- operators
- Royal Bavarian State Railways
- top speed
- 70 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-0
- length
- 13.2 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q812170, Wikipedia: Bavarian B VII (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.