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Steam locomotive Baden IX "Phoenix", built 1863 by Maschinenbaugesellschaft Carlsruhe, in service until 1903. This is the last preserved Crampton locomotive in Germany. In 1843, Thomas Russell Crampton placed the driver wheelset behind the boiler, which allowed a low boiler, believed to be essential for good riding qualities, and large driven wheels for higher speed. During about twenty years in the mid-19th century, Crampton locomotives played a role in increasing the speed of the first express trains. From the 1860s, their tractive effort was inadequate as trains became longer and heavier, so they were replaced by locomotives with high boiler and two or three coupled wheelsets. Verkehrsmuseum Nürnberg. 2011-02-02. tobias b köhler

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Steam locomotive Baden IX "Phoenix", built 1863 by Maschinenbaugesellschaft Carlsruhe. Detail. Verkehrsmuseum Nürnberg. 2011-02-02. tobias b köhler

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Crampton locomotive "Phoenix" of Baden, built 1863. Verkehrsmuseum Nürnberg, 2003-02-01. tbk

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Steam locomotives Phoenix and S 2/6 together in the museum. Verkehrsmuseum Nürnberg, 2012-02-03 tobias b köhler