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Bavarian Pt 2/4 H
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Lokomotivfabrik Krauss & Comp.· from 1906· class of 12 German 2-4-2T locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. WP Bayerische Pt 2-4 H: Unbekannter, nicht zu ermittelnder Fotograf· Public domain
- 2. Pt 2-4 H in Roggenstein 1915: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The Pt 2/4 H was a class of steam locomotive built by the firm of Krauss for the Royal Bavarian State Railways (Königlich Bayerische Staatsbahn) between 1906 and 1908. They were used on routes in Bavaria to haul light, fast passenger trains. The vehicles all had a gravity-fed firebox with a hopper over the grate for one-man operation.
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 120 years ago, in 1906.
- 10.7 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 42 years (1906–1948).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1906–1908
- in service from
- 1906
- retired
- 1948
- status
- retired
- number built
- 12
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Lokomotivfabrik Krauss & Comp.
- operators
- Royal Bavarian State Railways, Deutsche Reichsbahn
- top speed
- 75 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-4-2
- length
- 10.7 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q812262, Wikipedia: Bavarian Pt 2/4 H (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.