Bavarian C I

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

Bavarian C I
Model of the C I "BEHAIM" in the Verkehrszentrum München
Quantity	5
Manufacturer	Maffei
Year(s) of manufacture	1847-49
Retired	1885-95
Wheel arrangement	0-6-0
Axle arrangement	C n2
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in)
Length over buffers	12,401 mm
Empty weight	22 t
Service weight	24.9 t
Adhesive weight	24.9 t
Axle load	10.5 t
Top speed	40 km/h
Driving wheel diameter	1,069 / 1,098 mm
No. of cylinders	2
Cylinder bore	406 mm
Piston stroke	609 mm
Boiler Overpressure	5.6 / 10 bar
No. of heating tubes	160 / 119
Heating tube length	3860 3756
Grate area	0.39 / 0.91 m^2
Evaporative heating area	72 / 56.7 m^2
Tender	2 T 4.2
Water capacity	4.22 m^3
Fuel	3 m^3 coal
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