Bavarian B IX

The steam locomotives of the type B IX of the Royal Bavarian State Railways were the first two -coupled express engines in Bavaria. The rear drive axle was under the firebox so that the overhanging masses could be kept small. Therefore, a maximum speed of the locomotive of 90 km / h could be admitted. The engine reached in the plane with a 150 -ton train at a speed of 70 km / h The otherwise held in the style of their previous machines had a deep vessel and an outer frame with Stephenson control. For the 1923 extant copies the operating numbers 34 7421-7440 were provided by the National Railroad; the vehicles, which were built 1874-1887, but were scrapped before the renumbering to 1925.

At the German Museum in Munich the length is preserved after sliced ​​specimen. Parts of the collection, including the IX B are routed to lack of space in the museum Lokwelt Freilassing Freilassing.

The vehicles were coupled with Tender respondents the type bay 3 T 10.5.

German Reichsbahn (1920-1945): Express train, passenger train, freight train, tender, narrow gauge locomotives

German Federal Railroad express train, passenger train, freight train, tender, narrow gauge locomotives

German Reichsbahn (1945-1993): Express train, passenger train, freight train, tender, narrow gauge locomotives

Regional railways: Baden · Bavaria · Mecklenburg · Oldenburg · Palatine · Prussia · Saxony · Württemberg · Alsace-Lorraine

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