Palatine P 3.1

The steam locomotives of Class P 3.1 of the Palatinate Railway was the first machine with the wheel arrangement 2'B1 ' (Atlantic ) in Germany. The two-cylinder wet steam locomotives with inside cylinders were in addition to the inner bar frames an eye-catching exterior frame at the rear of the locomotive, the driving wheels partially hidden. The control corresponded to the type Joy.

Krauss built in 1898 and in 1899 eleven locomotives; in 1904, a twelfth, which was equipped with a Pielock superheater. Although the P 3 fulfilled the envisaged performance program, they were overwhelmed before the increasingly longer and longer trains.

Therefore, the Pfalzbahn decided an unusual conversion: In 1913, the two-cylinder engine has been rebuilt by the addition of two outer cylinder to a four-cylinder compound engine, the existing inner cylinder to the high-pressure cylinders were. This resulted in not only the desired high performance, but also a lower fuel consumption by about 15%.

The German Reichsbahn took over as the class 14.1 or five of these locomotives, numbered 14101-14105, but they were already retired in 1926. Was also classified in the series 14.1 the Bavarian S 2 / 5th

The locomotives were bay 3 T 16 is equipped with a tender submitters of design.