Bavarian (K.Bay.Sts.B.) Class S3/6 Srs k (DRG Class 18.5) compound 4-6-2 No.18 505 with 2'2'T31,7 tender. Built by DRE in 1924. The highly successful and efficient S3/6's were designed by Maffei's Anton Hammel and Heinrich Leppla and were a development of the Baden Class IVf (DRG Class 18.3) Pacific. 159 S3/6's were built in several batches: 61 S3/6 Srs a - c, f , h-i (DRG Class 18.4) were built 1909-11, 18 large-wheeled S3/6 Srs d - e (DRG Class 18.4) were built 1912-13, 10 Class S/3/6 Srs g (DRG Class 18.4) were a slightly shorter version of the Srs f for the Pfalz railway and built in 1914, 30 S3/6 Srs k with larger superheater (DRG Class 18.4 & 18.5) were built built by DRE 1923-24, 20 similar S3/6 Srs l - n with still larger superheater and larger HP cylinders(DRG Class 18.5) were built by DRG 1927-28 and 20 similar S3/6 Srs o (DRG Class 18.5) in 1930-31 - the DRE/DRG examples being adopted as an interim standard until the Class 03 Pacifics were built. The DB rebuilt 30 Class 18.5's with all-welded boilers in 1953-56 and reclassified them Class 18.6, which were not withdrawn until 1966. The last 18.4 & 5's were withdrawn in 1962 apart from 18.505 which was withdrawn in 1969. At Neustadt-Weinstrasse Eisenbahn Museum, 6/11.
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