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Bavarian Pt 2/5 H
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Lokomotivfabrik Krauss & Comp.· from 1906· class of 1 German 2-4-4T locomotive
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. WP Bayerische Pt 2-5 H: Unbekannter, nicht zu ermittelnder Fotograf· Public domain
what is it?
The Bavarian Class Pt 2/5 H locomotive of the Royal Bavarian State Railways (Königlich Bayerische Staatsbahn) was built by Krauss for the Nuremberg Trade Fair in 1906. Because this locomotive could no longer fully meet the performance requirements at that time, it remained a one-off. It was nevertheless taken over by the Reichsbahn and retired in 1933.
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.
- 11.9 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 27 years (1906–1933).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1906
- in service from
- 1906
- retired
- 1933
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Lokomotivfabrik Krauss & Comp.
- operators
- Royal Bavarian State Railways, Deutsche Reichsbahn
- top speed
- 90 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-4-4T
- length
- 11.9 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q812264, Wikipedia: Bavarian Pt 2/5 H (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.