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Bavarian GtL 4/4
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Lokomotivfabrik Krauss & Comp.· from 1911· class of 121 German 0-8-0T locomotives
🚉 other retired
5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Bavarian GtL 4-4 no. 98886 2: Ojuicearts at German Wikipedia· Public domain
- 2. Bavarian Class GtL 4-4 Locomotive 98 886 002: Ojuicearts at German Wikipedia· Public domain
- 3. Bavarian Class GtL 4-4 locomotive 98 886 001: Ojuicearts at German Wikipedia· Public domain
- 4. Bavarian locomotive GtL 4-4 98 886 006: Ojuicearts at German Wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Bavarian locomotive GtL 4-4 98 886 008: Ojuicearts at German Wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Bavarian Class GtL 4/4 engines were superheated steam locomotives in service with the Royal Bavarian State Railways (Königlich Bayerische Staats-Eisenbahnen) for duties on branch lines (Lokalbahnen).
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 115 years ago, in 1911.
- 331 kW is about 4 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 9.4 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 59 years (1911–1970).
other: Railcars, inspection vehicles and other rolling stock.
spec sheet
- built
- 1911–1927
- in service from
- 1911
- retired
- 1970
- status
- retired
- number built
- 121
- kind
- other
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Lokomotivfabrik Krauss & Comp.
- operators
- Royal Bavarian State Railways, Deutsche Reichsbahn, Lokalbahn AG, Tegernsee-Bahn Betriebsgesellschaft
- top speed
- 40 km/h
- power
- 331 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-8-0T
- length
- 9.4 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q812227, Wikipedia: Bavarian GtL 4/4 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.