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Bavarian D X
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Lokomotivfabrik Krauss & Comp.· from 1890· class of 9 German 0-6-2T locomotives
what is it?
The Bavarian Class D X engines were saturated steam locomotives of the Royal Bavarian State Railways (Königlich Bayerische Staatsbahn). The locomotives, which were built by Krauss were similar to the Class D VIII, but were smaller and lighter. Like the D VIII they had a trailing axle, that was connected to the final coupled axle by a Krauss-Helmholtz bogie.
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 136 years ago, in 1890.
- 9.3 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 41 years (1890–1931).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1890–1893
- in service from
- 1890
- retired
- 1931
- status
- retired
- number built
- 9
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Lokomotivfabrik Krauss & Comp.
- operators
- Royal Bavarian State Railways, Deutsche Reichsbahn
- top speed
- 45 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-2T
- length
- 9.3 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q812201, Wikipedia: Bavarian D X (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.