#0073· Bayerische B IV
Bavarian B IV
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Sächsische Maschinenfabrik· from 1852· class of 10 German 2-4-0 locomotives
what is it?
Bavarian B IVs were early German steam locomotives with the Royal Bavarian State Railways (Königlich Bayerische Staatsbahn). The six engines built by Kessler were trialled with a Kessler boiler. This had a pear-shaped cross section and could therefore be set lower down between the wheels.
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 174 years ago, in 1852.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1852–1853
- retired
- 1881
- status
- retired
- number built
- 10
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Sächsische Maschinenfabrik, Maschinenfabrik Esslingen
- operators
- Royal Bavarian State Railways
- top speed
- 70 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-4-0
- Dutch name
- Bayerische B IV
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q812164, Wikipedia: Bavarian B IV (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.