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

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Bavarian C I
Model of the C I "BEHAIM" in the Verkehrszentrum München
Type and origin Builder Maffei Build date 1847–1849 Total produced 5
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 0-6-0 Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Driver dia. 1,069 or 1,098 mm (3 ft 6+1⁄8 in or 3 ft 7+1⁄4 in) Length: ​  • Over beams 12,401 mm (40 ft 8+1⁄4 in) Axle load 10.5 t (10.3 long tons; 11.6 short tons) Adhesive weight 24.9 t (24.5 long tons; 27.4 short tons) Empty weight 22 t (22 long tons; 24 short tons) Service weight 24.9 t (24.5 long tons; 27.4 short tons) Tender type 2 T 4.2 Fuel capacity 3 m3 coal Water cap. 4.22 m3 (930 imp gal; 1,110 US gal) Boiler: ​ No. of heating tubes 160 or 119 Heating tube length 3,860 or 3,756 mm (12 ft 8 in or 12 ft 3+3⁄4 in) Boiler pressure 5.6 or 10 kgf/cm2 (550 or 980 kPa; 80 or 142 lbf/in2) Heating surface:  • Firebox 0.39 or 0.91 m2 (4.2 or 9.8 sq ft)  • Evaporative 72 or 56.7 m2 (775 or 610 sq ft) Cylinders 2 Cylinder size 406 mm (16 in) Piston stroke 609 mm (24 in)
Performance figures Maximum speed 40 km/h (25 mph)
Career Retired 1885–1895
Where 2 sets of figures are shown, the second applies to the engine with its replacement boiler

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