Description

Steam locomotive class 98.8 (GtL 4/4) of the Deutsche Bundesbahn.

– Use in front of passenger and light freight trains on branch lines
– Die-cast metal chassis The 98.8 series, the Bavarian GtL 4/4, was first put into service in 1911 by the Royal Bavarian State Railways. With a few changes, it was built until 1927. The locomotives proved to be very good in operation and, with an output of 450 hp, were the most powerful Bavarian local railway locomotives. The small, undemanding machines were in use by the German Federal Railway on many Bavarian local railway lines until 1953.