what is it?
The Class P 4 steam locomotives of the Palatine Railways were express train locomotives with a 2′B1′ (Atlantic) axle arrangement and a four-cylinder compound engine. A total of eleven locomotives were built by Maffei, numbers 286–291 in 1905 and 302–305 and 133 in 1906. They replaced the P 3.1 in express train service.
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 121 years ago, in 1905.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1905–1906
- retired
- 1925
- status
- retired
- number built
- 11
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Maffei
- operators
- Palatinate Railway
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-2
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1471241, Wikipedia: Palatine P 4 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.