Bavarian B IIIs were steam locomotives of the

Royal Bavarian State Railways The Royal Bavarian State Railways (''Königliche Bayerische Staats-Eisenbahnen'' or ''K.Bay.Sts.B.'') was the state railway company for the Kingdom of Bavaria. It was founded in 1844. The organisation grew into the second largest of the German ...

(''Königlich Bayerische Staatsbahn''). Eight examples were delivered by Maffei in 1852; the remainder came from Hartmann. The machines by Hartmann had great similarity to those of the Class A IV, which were manufactured at the same time. Unlike the Hartmann engines, these locomotives also had a

steam dome The steam dome is a vessel fitted to the top of the boiler of a steam engine. It contains the opening to the main steam pipe and its purpose is to allow this opening to be kept well above the water level in the boiler. This arrangement acts as a ...

. This was later added to the Hartmann variants. All the engines had a

Crampton boiler A Crampton locomotive is a type of steam locomotive designed by Thomas Russell Crampton and built by various firms from 1846. The main British builders were Tulk and Ley and Robert Stephenson and Company. Notable features were a low boiler and ...

with smooth tubes and a

Kirchweger condenser The purpose of the Kirchweger condenser (German: ''Kirchweger-Kondensationseinrichtung'' or ''Kirchwegersche Abdampfkondensation'') was to preheat feedwater in a steam locomotive using the exhaust steam from the engine. It was invented in 1850 by ...

. They were equipped with a 3 T 5 tender.

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