#0614
Bavarian D VIII
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Lokomotivfabrik Krauss & Comp.· from 1888· class of 23 German 0-6-2T locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. D VIII 1909: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The Bavarian Class D VIII (bayerische D VIII) were saturated steam locomotives with the Royal Bavarian State Railways (Königlich Bayerische Staatsbahn).
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 138 years ago, in 1888.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1888–1937
- retired
- 1959
- status
- retired
- number built
- 23
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Lokomotivfabrik Krauss & Comp., KraussMaffei
- operators
- Royal Bavarian State Railways, Deutsche Reichsbahn, Augsburger Localbahn
- top speed
- 45 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-2T
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q812200, Wikipedia: Bavarian D VIII (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.