In order to understand the design fundamentals of American locomotives, which were not well known in Germany at the time, the Bavarian State Railway imported, in 1899 and 1900, four locomotives manufactured by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in the USA.
Um die damals in Deutschland weitgehend unbekannten Baugrundsätze amerikanischer Lokomotiven kennenzulernen, importierte die Bayerische Staatsbahn 1899 und 1900 vier Lokomotiven des Herstellers Baldwin.