History
As part of the procurement of 2-4-0 locomotives in the early 1870s, a total of eight batches of Class IV c engines were ordered. These locomotives were used above all on lines with steep inclines in the Black Forest and the Odenwald. As a result several engines were equipped with a Riggenbach counter-pressure brake.
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