Bavarian C I Explained

Bavarian C I
Bgcolor:0081FF
Color:FFFFFF
Builder:Maffei
Builddate:1847–1849
Totalproduction:5
Whytetype:0-6-0
Driverdiameter:1069or
Over Bufferbeams:12401frac=4NaNfrac=4
Axleload:10.5t
Emptyweight:22t
Serviceweight:24.9t
Weightondrivers:24.9t
Tendertype:2 T 4.2
Fuelcap:3 m3 coal
Watercap:4.22m2
Heatingtubes:160 or 119
Heatingtubelength:3860or
Boilerpressure:5.6or
Fireboxarea:0.39m20.91m2
Evaporativearea:72m256.7m2
Cylindercount:2
Cylindersize:406frac=16NaNfrac=16
Pistonstroke:609frac=16NaNfrac=16
Maxspeed:400NaN0
Retiredate:1885–1895
Notes:Where 2 sets of figures are shown, the second applies to the engine with its replacement boiler

Bavarian C Is were steam locomotives with the Royal Bavarian State Railways (Königlich Bayerische Staatsbahn).

They were the first six-coupled engines in Bavaria and were developed specially for the route between Neuenmarkt, Wirsberg and Marktschorgast. This route had inclines up to 1:40. The loco had an inside frame, a boiler barrel without a steam dome, an inside Stephenson valve gear, single-sided, suspended Taschenkulissen and a rectangular ballast tank on the boiler barrel to increase the adhesion effect. A total of five were built by Maffei. They were named: SCHARRER, BEHAIM, LEIBNIZ, SAALE and SCHNEEBERG. There is a finely detailed 1:10 scale model of BEHAIM in the Nuremberg Transport Museum.

They were equipped with Bavarian tenders of the class 2 T 4.2 type.

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