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Bavarian BB II
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Maffei· from 1899· class of 31 German Mallet 0-4-4-0T locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 98 727 2: MPW57· Public domain
- 2. 98727 im Bhf. Sonderhofen März 1973: W-R-Hesse-Fotos· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Bavarian Class BB II engines were Mallet type, saturated steam locomotives in the service of the Royal Bavarian State Railways (Königlich Bayerische Staats-Eisenbahnen). They were specially designed for branch lines with tight curves and supplied in two series. The first series comprised 29 engines and was built between 1899 and 1903.
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 127 years ago, in 1899.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1899–1908
- retired
- 1940
- status
- retired
- number built
- 31
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Maffei
- operators
- Royal Bavarian State Railways, Deutsche Reichsbahn
- top speed
- 45 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-4-0T
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q812161, Wikipedia: Bavarian BB II (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.