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.
ISBN3-922404-69-3.