Bavarian G 4/5 H

what is it?

The steam engines of Class G 4/5 H operated by the Royal Bavarian State Railways were the most powerful of the German, 2-8-0, freight locomotives. The locomotive works of Maffei in Munich based its design on principles developed in-house by Hammel and Leppla, which had already proved themselves well on the Bavarian S 3/6. In fact there is a clear line of development for Maffei locomotives from the twin-cylinder Bavarian G 4/5 N through the C 4/5s built for the Swiss Gotthard railway and the Baden VIII e delivered to the Grand Duchy of Baden State Railways to the G 4/5 H. The locomotives had a superheated, four-cylinder, compound engine and a bar frame, like most other Bavarian four-cylinder compounds, which simplified access to the inside driving gear.

base stats

• speed 60 km/htop speed
• built 230made in total

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 111 years ago, in 1915.

steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.

spec sheet

built

1915–1919

retired

1947

status

retired

number built

230

kind

steam locomotive

traction

steam

origin

🇩🇪 Germany

builders

Maffei

top speed

60 km/h

power

—

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

2-8-0

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.