Bavarian D III

what is it?

The Class D III engines of the Royal Bavarian State Railways (Königlich Bayerische Staatsbahn) were tank locomotives designed for shunting and Vizinalbahn service. Georg Krauss had exhibited a locomotive of this type, which had been developed on the same design principles as the Bavarian B VII, at the 1873 Vienna World Exposition and sold it to the Bebra-Hanau Railway. The Bavarian State Railway also decided to procured the locomotive and order six for the same duties as those of the Maffei-built Bavarian D I class, which had been introduced in 1871.

who runs it

base stats

• speed 45 km/htop speed
• built 6made in total

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 153 years ago, in 1873.
• ⌛Served for 24 years (1873–1897).

steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.

spec sheet

built

1873

in service from

1873

retired

1897

status

retired

number built

6

kind

steam locomotive

traction

steam

origin

🇩🇪 Germany

builders

Lokomotivfabrik Krauss & Comp.

operators

Royal Bavarian State Railways

top speed

45 km/h

power

—

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

0-4-0T

length

7.5 m

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.