what is it?
Bavarian B IIs were steam locomotives with the Royal Bavarian State Railways (Königlich Bayerische Staatsbahn). They was delivered at the same time as the A III and had all the same construction features. They were equipped with 3 T 5 tenders.
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 175 years ago, in 1851.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1851–1852
- retired
- 1879
- status
- retired
- number built
- 14
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Maffei
- top speed
- 65 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-4-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q812163, Wikipedia: Bavarian B II (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.