Quantity 86 Year(s) of manufacture 1868ff. Axle arrangement 1B n2 | Manufacturer Esslingen Wheel arrangement 2-4-0 Axle arrangement 1B | |
The Württemberg Class B and Class B2 engines were steam locomotives with the Royal Württemberg State Railways (Königlich Württembergische Staats-Eisenbahnen) first built in 1868 by the Maschinenfabrik Esslingen ('Esslingen engineering works') in Esslingen in the former Kingdom of Württemberg in southern Germany.
The engines had a Crampton boiler, an inside Allan valve gear and, for the first time in Württemberg, a Prüsmann chimney. They were equipped with 2 T 6.5 tenders.
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Württemberg B and B2 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA