After the foundation of the

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the Bavarian Group Administration tasked the firm of Maffei with the construction of 80 locomotives of the Bavarian Class P 3/5 H. These machines were based on the Class P 3/5 N, but had a

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. Positive experience with these vehicles built in 1921 – they were even used on

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duties – led in 1924 to the rebuild of all available Class P 3/5 N engines into superheated steam locomotives. In 1925 the P 3/5 H were allocated the numbers 38 401 to 38 480 as part of the DRG Class 38.4. All 80 locomotives survived the

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and entered service with the

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. The last engine of this class, number 38 432, ran in

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and

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and was taken out of service in 1955. The vehicles were coupled with a Bavarian 2′2′ T 21,8 tender.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bavarian P 3 5 H 4-6-0 locomotives P 3 5 H Standard gauge locomotives of Germany Maffei locomotives Railway locomotives introduced in 1921 2′C h4v locomotives Passenger locomotives

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