List of Palatine locomotives and railbuses


This list gives an overview of the locomotives and railbuses of the Palatinate Railway and the Palatine network of the Royal Bavarian State Railways.
The Palatinate is a region in south-western Germany that became part of the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1816, even though it was geographically separate. Its union with Bavaria was not dissolved until the reorganisation of German states after World War II during the occupation of Germany. The Palatinate Railway was a private railway concern formed on 1 January 1870. It was nationalised on 1 January 1909, with its 870 kilometres of track, and went into the Royal Bavarian State Railways.

Overview

Palatine locomotives were numbered in sequence as well as given names. On being retired, the numbers freed up were reused for newly delivered locomotives. Pontoon locomotives, as well as engines employed on secondary and narrow gauge lines used their own numbering scheme with Roman numerals.
The allocation of names was stopped in 1904, because the purchase of the railway by the Bavarian state was approaching. Only four locomotives delivered after that were given names: three P 4s and an L 1. The names chosen were based mainly on towns, castles, rivers and mountains in the Palatinate. The use of names from myths from classical antiquity remained Episode. The special importance of express train locomotives was stressed by naming them after Bavarian monarchs, as well as important people in the Bavarian government and managers of the Palatinate Railway.
The introduction of a classification scheme was first achieved in the Palatinate Railway in 1898. Four main groups were created:
An Arabic numeral followed the class letter to distinguish between the individual locomotive classes. A superscripted Roman numeral indicated a sub-class. The Palatine class designations were only used on paper and not written on the locomotives themselves.
On the transfer of the Palatine railway network to the Bavarian state railways in 1909 the Bavarian classification system was adopted for new locomotives. Older locomotives however kept their original designations. New locomotives built for the Palatine network continued to receive the range of numbers associated with the Palatinate Railway.

Steam Locomotives

Early locomotives for all types of train

ClassRailway numberQuantityYear of ManufactureAxle arrangement Remarks
-81846–18471A1 n2Passenger train locomotives, supplied by Kessler and Maffei
-121846–18471B n2Goods train locomotives, supplied by Kessler, Maffei and Regnier
-118511A1 n2Passenger train locomotive KOENIG LUDWIG, with Kessler-patented Bassgeigenkessel

None of the locomotives was given an operating number by the Deutsche Reichsbahn.

Passenger and express train locomotives

ClassRailway numberDRG numberQuantityYear of manufactureAxle arrangementRemarks
-418532A n2Fast stopping train Crampton locomotives, supplied by Maffei and Esslingen
-141855–18632A n2Fast stopping train Crampton locomotives, supplied by Maffei and Esslingen
88–95, 118–138291870–18741B n2
154–159618761B n2
1…28,
160–161		91880–18841B n2
26…63,
188–193		221891–18961′B1 n2
P 3I93, 119,
221–230		14 101–14 105121898–19042′B1′ n2iOriginally with inside cylinders; converted in 1913/14 to 2′B1′ n4v
263119002′B1′ n2vExpress train locomotive DR. v. CLEMM;
Raisable 'dolly axle' removed in 1902
133,
286–291, 302–305		111905–19062′B1′ h4vOriginally with Pielock superheater; removed after 1908 to 2′B1′ n4v due to unreliability
S 3/6341–35018 425–18 4341019142′C1′ h4vSo-called 'Palatine S 3/6'

Goods train locomotives

ClassRailway numberDRG numberQuantityYear of manufactureAxle arrangement AxleRemarks
22–25418531B n2Goods train locomotives, supplied by Maffei;
Classification questionable because locomotives had already been retired when it was introduced
30–35, 42–451018551B n2Goods train locomotives, supplied by Maffei;
Classification questionable because locomotives had already been retired when it was introduced
50–59, 64–69161859–18671B n2Goods train locomotives, supplied by Maffei;
Classification questionable because locomotives had already been retired when it was introduced
74–87141869–1870B n2
6-8, 10-12,
96–117, 139–151		411871–1876C n2As Bavarian C III, yet without steamdome and Stephenson steering
9…25,
162–176		221884–1892C n2Similar to the Bavarian C IV Zw
30…72,
187–188		61887–1888D n2Bought from Sharp, Stewart & Co. from bankruptcy assets of the Swedish-Norwegian Railway, working in 1892; identical in design to the Baden VIII b
209–220, 231–24555 7201–55 7215271898–1899D n2
198–19921896B′B n4vArticulated Mallet locomotive; identical in design to the Bavarian BB I
200–201218961′D n4vFour-cylinder, Sondermann compound, converted to 1′D n2 in 1900; identical in design to the Bavarian E I
74…87,
292–301		55 5901–55 5922241905–1906D n2v
1–441914C n2vBuilt by Maffei for Morocco, sold to the Palatine network in 1919

Tank locomotives

ClassRailway numberDRG numberQuantityYear of manufactureAxle arrangement Remarks
-41868B n2tTank locomotives for the ramps of Ludwigshafen's Rhine bridge, supplied by Krauss
P 2II88…95,
260–262, 264–284		73 001–73 028311900–19021′B2′ n2tCopy of the Bavarian D XII
P 5310–32177 001–77 0121219081′C2′ n2t
15…73,
177–186		88 7301–88 7321311892–1897B n2t
I–VIII81865–1874B n2tLocomotives for the pontoon bridges at Maximiliansau and Speyer; Nos. VII and VIII sold in 1879 to Baden
VII–X41883–1884B n2tBranch line engines for the Lautertalbahn, Kaiserslautern–Lauterecken
13…71,
202–208, 246–256		89 101–89 121271889–1905C n2t
T 4I44…56,
194–197		98 651–98 65771895–1897C1′ n2tCopy of the Bavarian D VIII
T 4I322–32598 681–98 68441908C1′ n2tMore robust version; Replaced the T 2II on the Lautertalbahn
T 4II257–25998 401–98 40331900C1′ n2tNachbau der Bavarian D XI
T 5306–30994 001–94 00441907E n2tfor the Biebermühle–Pirmasens ramp
D VIII326–32998 685–98 68841909–1910C1′ n2tUpgrade of the T 4I
Pt 3/6330–33877 101–77 10991911–19131′C2′ h2tUpgrade of the P 5 with superheater
Pt 3/6401–41077 120–77 1291019231′C2′ h2tFollow-on order by the Bavarian Group Administration
R 4/4123…15992 2001–92 200791913–1915D n2t

Narrow gauge locomotives

The Palatine narrow gauge locomotives procured for the following metre gauge branch lines :
ClassRailway numberDRG numberQuantityYear of manufactureAxle arrangement BauartRemarks
L 1XI–XXII, XXVIII99 081–99 092131889–1907C n2tFully enclosed tramway locomotive
L 2XXIII–XXVII99 001–99 00551903–1905B n2tFor Alsenz–Obermoschel and Speyer–Geinsheim
Pts 2/2XXX99 01111910B h2tBought in 1916 for the Palatine network
Pts 3/3 NXXIX99 09311911C n2tCopy of the L 1
Pts 3/3 HXXXI–XXXIII99 101–99 10331923C h2tOrdered by the Bavarian Group Administration, partly enclosed tramway locomotive

Railbuses

Palatine railbuses were introduced into the wagon fleet and were given wagon numbers. In addition to the new vehicles listed in the table below, two accumulator cars left by an electric company in 1896/97 were tested. Furthermore, between 1897 and 1900 four four-wheeled passenger coaches – one with an additional centre axle - were converted provisionally to accumulator cars and placed in service. After the delivery of new wagons the passenger coaches were restored to their original state.
ClassRailway numberDRG numberQuantityYear of manufactureAxle arrangement Remarks
-I–II21898Bo′2′ g2tAccumulator car for metre gauge, converted in 1903 to passenger coaches
-III11900Bo g2tAccumulator car for metre gauge, retired in 1910
MC3050, 5130bis ca. 1928:
Ludwigshafen 301–302
danach: 206		21900A1A g2tAccumulator car, Ludwigshafen 301 1927 converted to passenger coach
MBCC8856–8859bis ca. 1928:
Ludwigshafen 207–210
danach: 207–209		41900–1902Bo′2′ g2tAccumulator car
MBCLI11903A1 n2vSteam railbus, De Dion-Bouton type, identical design to the Bavarian MBCi