#0662
Palatine L 1
Deutsches Reich ·built by Lokomotivfabrik Krauss & Comp.· from 1889· class of 14 German metre-gauge 0-6-0T locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. LokfriesenheimLU1900: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 2. Pfälzische L 1 Schmalspur-Kastenlokomotive, Schauernheim, Ludwigshafen, Krauss N° 4214 von 1911, Deutsche Reichsbahn 99 091: Unknown photographer· Public domain
what is it?
The narrow gauge steam locomotives of Palatine L 1 and Pts 3/3 N of the Palatinate Railway were procured for lines in the area of Ludwigshafen, Neustadt an der Weinstrasse and Speyer (the Neustadt-Speyer Lokalbahn or branch line). On the formation of the Reichsbahn the engines were given the running numbers 99 081 to 99 093.
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 137 years ago, in 1889.
- Served for 68 years (1889–1957).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1889–1911
- in service from
- 1889
- retired
- 1957
- status
- retired
- number built
- 14
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- Deutsches Reich
- builders
- Lokomotivfabrik Krauss & Comp.
- operators
- Deutsche Reichsbahn, Palatinate Railway
- top speed
- 30 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1764946, Wikipedia: Palatine L 1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.