Bavarian BB II
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The Bavarian Class BB II engines were Mallet saturated steam locomotives in the service of the Royal Bavarian State Railways
(Königlich Bayerische Staats-Eisenbahnen).
They were specially designed for branch lines with tight curves and supplied in two series. The first series comprised 29 engines and was built between 1899 and 1903. The other two maschines were delivered in 1908 to the state railway and were somewhat longer and heavier than the other locomotives.
Although the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft
took over all the vehicles in 1925 as DRG Class 98.7, all bar three were retired during the 1930s due to their unsatisfactory riding performance. The last three engines were used after 1940 as industrial locomotives.
One example, the 98 727, was sold in 1943 to the Regensburg
factory of Südzucker AG
and was given the operating number 4. It was donated in 1972 to the Darmstadt-Kranichstein Railway Museum
(Eisenbahnmuseum Darmstadt-Kranichstein) and is still preserved today.
Royal Bavarian State Railways
As a nation-state, Germany did not come into being until the creation of the German Empire in 1871 from the various German-speaking states such as Prussia, Bavaria, Saxony, Baden and Württemberg. By then each of the major states had formed its own state railway and these continued to remain...
(Königlich Bayerische Staats-Eisenbahnen).
They were specially designed for branch lines with tight curves and supplied in two series. The first series comprised 29 engines and was built between 1899 and 1903. The other two maschines were delivered in 1908 to the state railway and were somewhat longer and heavier than the other locomotives.
Although the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft
Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft
The Deutsche Reichsbahn – was the name of the German national railway created from the railways of the individual states of the German Empire following the end of World War I....
took over all the vehicles in 1925 as DRG Class 98.7, all bar three were retired during the 1930s due to their unsatisfactory riding performance. The last three engines were used after 1940 as industrial locomotives.
One example, the 98 727, was sold in 1943 to the Regensburg
Regensburg
Regensburg is a city in Bavaria, Germany, located at the confluence of the Danube and Regen rivers, at the northernmost bend in the Danube. To the east lies the Bavarian Forest. Regensburg is the capital of the Bavarian administrative region Upper Palatinate...
factory of Südzucker AG
Südzucker
Südzucker AG is a German company, the largest sugar producer in Europe with an annual production of around 4.8 million tonnes.-Sugar segment:The company has 30 sugar factories and 3 refineries in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania Slovakia and...
and was given the operating number 4. It was donated in 1972 to the Darmstadt-Kranichstein Railway Museum
Darmstadt-Kranichstein Railway Museum
The Darmstadt-Kranichstein Railway Museum a railway museum in the German city of Darmstadt. It is also the largest railway museum in the state of Hesse....
(Eisenbahnmuseum Darmstadt-Kranichstein) and is still preserved today.
External links
- Photograph of 98 727 as a museum locomotive (1973)
- There is a relevant English-language forum at Railways of Germany