The Württemberg Class B and Class B2 engines were steam locomotives with the

Royal Württemberg State Railways The Royal Württemberg State Railways (''Königlich Württembergische Staats-Eisenbahnen'' or ''K.W.St.E.'') were the state railways of the Kingdom of Württemberg (from 1918 the ''People's State of Württemberg'') between 1843 and 1920. Please ...

(''Königlich Württembergische Staats-Eisenbahnen'') first built in 1868 by the

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('Esslingen engineering works') in Esslingen in the former

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in southern

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. 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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* 2-4-0 locomotives B and B2 Esslingen locomotives Railway locomotives introduced in 1868 Standard gauge locomotives of Germany 1B n2 locomotives {{Germany-rail-transport-stub Passenger locomotives

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