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Palatine Nos. 9–20

🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Maffei· from 1846· class of 12 German 2-4-0 locomotives

what is it?

The Palatinate Railway locomotives with operating Nos. 9 to 20 were 2-4-0 locomotives acquired for mixed traffic service. Four locomotives each were manufactured by the companies Keßler of Karlsruhe, Maffei of Munich and J.-H. Regnier-Poncelet of Saint-Léonard in Liège.

base stats

  • speed 45 km/htop speed
  • built 12made 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 180 years ago, in 1846.

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

spec sheet

built
1846–1847
number built
12
kind
Steam
traction
steam
origin
🇩🇪 Germany
builders
Maffei, Maschinenfabrik Esslingen, Société anonyme Saint-Léonard à Liège
top speed
45 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 Q2084564, Wikipedia: Palatine Nos. 9–20 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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