Bavarian C I

Bavarian C I
Model of the C I "BEHAIM" in the Verkehrszentrum München
Type and origin Builder Maffei Build date 1847-49 Total produced 5
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 0-6-0 Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Driver dia. 1,069 / 1,098 mm Length: ​  • Over buffers 12,401 mm Axle load 10.5 t Adhesive weight 24.9 t Empty weight 22 t Service weight 24.9 t Tender type 2 T 4.2 Fuel capacity 3 m3 coal Water cap. 4.22 m3 Firebox: ​  • Grate area 0.39 / 0.91 m2 Boiler: ​  • Small tubes 160 / 119 Heating tube length 3860 3756 Boiler pressure 5.6 / 10 bar Heating surface 72 / 56.7 m2 Cylinders 2 Cylinder size 406 mm Piston stroke 609 mm
Performance figures Maximum speed 40 km/h
Career Retired 1885-95
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.

Sources

• von Welser, Ludwig. Bayern Report, Band No. 4. Eisenbahn Journal Archiv. ISBN 3-922404-69-3.

See also

• List of Bavarian locomotives and railbuses