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Palatine L 2
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Lokomotivfabrik Krauss & Comp.· from 1903· class of 5 German metre-gauge 0-4-0T locomotives
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- 1. Lokklingbach1903: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The Palatine Class L 2 were a group of steam locomotives used on the Palatinate Railway in early 20th century Bavaria. They were built for the line between Speyer and Neustadt an der Weinstrasse (Neustadt-Speyer railway). Because the engines were to be used double-headed, they had doors on the front and rear of the driver's cabs and an opening in the running plate.
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 123 years ago, in 1903.
- Served for 42 years (1903–1945).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1903–1905
- in service from
- 1903
- retired
- 1945
- status
- retired
- number built
- 5
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Lokomotivfabrik Krauss & Comp.
- operators
- Deutsche Reichsbahn, Palatinate Railway
- top speed
- 30 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-0
- length
- 6 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1742618, Wikipedia: Palatine L 2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.