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Bavarian S 2/6
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Maffei· from 1906· class of 1 German compound 4-4-4 locomotive
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. S 2 6 Verkehrsmuseum Nuernberg 13032010: Total number of my uploaded files : 1116· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. DB Museum Bavarian S 2 - 6 crankshaft: Arnoldius· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Triebwerk Lok S 2 6: Alupus· CC BY 3.0
- 4. AK - Nürnberg - Landesausstellung - Lok Bayern S2-6 - 1906: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 5. Blick auf Treibachse S 2 6: Alupus· CC BY 3.0
- 6. DB Museum Bavarian S 2 - 6 manufacturer: Arnoldius· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. Gegengewicht am Kuppelradsatz der S 2 6: Alupus· CC BY 3.0
- 8. Lok S 2 6 - Bremse Treibachse: Alupus· CC BY 3.0
- 9. S 2 6 Verkehrsmuseum Nuernberg Antriebsachse 13032010: Total number of my uploaded files : 1116· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. Zweischienig geführter Kreuzkopf sowie Voreilhebel des rechten Niederdruckzylinders der Lok S 2 6: Alupus· CC BY 3.0
what is it?
The Royal Bavarian State Railways' sole class S 2/6 steam locomotive was built in 1906 by the firm of Maffei in Munich, Germany. It was of 4-4-4 wheel arrangement in the Whyte notation, or 2'B2' h4v in the UIC classification scheme, and was a 4-cylinder, von Borries, balanced compound locomotive. It was initially assigned No.
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 120 years ago, in 1906.
- Top speed is 1.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- 21.2 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 19 years (1906–1925).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1906
- in service from
- 1906
- retired
- 1925
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Maffei
- operators
- Deutsche Reichsbahn, Royal Bavarian State Railways
- top speed
- 155 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-4
- length
- 21.2 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q463160, Wikipedia: Bavarian S 2/6 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.