BBÖ 114

The BBÖ 114 was a class of one Austrian three-cylinder 2-8-4 express train steam locomotive.

At the same time as plans were developed for the two-cylinder 214 series, design emerged in the Wiener Neustädter Lokomotivfabrik for a three-cylinder engine.

In general the advantage of three-cylinder locomotives lies in their more powerful torque and a better balance of the rotating masses, which leads to lower wear and tear.

Difficult access to the inside gear and the associated poor maintainability of locomotive 114.01, combined with the fact that 214.01 did better in the trial runs, led to the 214s going into series production.

Number 114.01 was employed on the locomotive schedules (Umlaufplan) of the 214s and, amongst other things, was allowed to head the first Arlberg Orient Express after the Second World War.