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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Feldpost Urgroßvater Denninger an der Front Montmedy 10.1.1917: Unknown author Unknown author· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Bavarian C VI locomotive at Camp Williams, Is-sur-Tille, France, 9 June 1919 (111-SC-159648): Sgt. Musler, U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-159648· Public domain
what is it?
The goods train locomotives of Class C VI were German steam engines built between 1899 and 1905 for the Royal Bavarian State Railways (Königlich Bayerische Staatsbahn). It had great similarity to the Prussian G 5.4, but had a higher boiler overpressure and better riding qualities. In all the Bavarian state railways procured 83 engines of this type over that period.
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.
other: Railcars, inspection vehicles and other rolling stock.
spec sheet
- built
- 1899–1909
- number built
- 120
- kind
- other
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Maffei, Lokomotivfabrik Krauss & Comp.
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q812188, Wikipedia: Bavarian C VI (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.