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3 unusual facts about Bavarian PtzL 3/4


Bavarian PtzL 3/4

The Bavarian Class PtzL 3/4 engines with the Royal Bavarian State Railways (Königlich Bayerische Staats-Eisenbahnen) were rack railway locomotives whose cogwheel drive was designed for working on tracks with a Strub rack.

The locomotives remained on their regular route between Erlau and Wegscheid until the closure of this rack railway in 1963.

Passau–Hauzenberg railway

These were Class PtzL 3/4 locomotives, passenger tank engines with a rack railway system, three of the four axles being driven, with the works numbers 4101–4003, 8033.



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