| Bavarian P 3/5 N DRG Class 38.0 | |
| Bgcolor: | 0081FF |
| Color: | FFFFFF |
| Builder: | Maffei |
| Builddate: | 1905–1907 |
| Totalproduction: | 36 |
| Whytetype: | 4-6-0 |
| Leadingdiameter: | 850frac=8NaNfrac=8 |
| Driverdiameter: | 1640frac=8NaNfrac=8 |
| Over Bufferbeams: | 18524frac=4NaNfrac=4 |
| Axleload: | 15.3t |
| Serviceweight: | 68.8t |
| Weightondrivers: | 45.2t |
| Watercap: | 18.2m2 |
| Boilerpressure: | 15sigfig=3NaNsigfig=3 |
| Fireboxarea: | 2.6m2 |
| Evaporativearea: | 165.5m2 |
| Cylindercount: | 4, compound |
| Pistonstroke: | 640frac=16NaNfrac=16 |
| Hpcylindersize: | 340frac=16NaNfrac=16 |
| Lpcylindersize: | 570frac=16NaNfrac=16 |
| Maxspeed: | 900NaN0 |
| Retiredate: | 1938 |
The 36 locomotives of Class P 3/5 N of the Royal Bavarian State Railways (Königlich Bayerische Staatsbahn) were built between 1905 and 1907 by Maffei. The P 3/5 N evolved from the S 3/5 express train locomotive and had likewise a four-cylinder compound configuration. Compared with the S 3/5 the P 3/5 N had a smaller boiler but the same size cylinders. The P 3/5 N could haul a 350-ton train at 80 km/h on the level.
Six locomotives were destroyed in World War I; 17 more had to be handed over as reparations. The remaining 13 locomotives were taken over by the Deutsche Reichsbahn as Class 38.0.
The S 3/6 had already displaced these locomotives from the higher value passenger services.
Following positive experience with the Class P 3/5 H, the later DRG Class 38.4, in 1921, all P 3/5 N were converted from saturated to superheated steam operation between 1924 and 1925. The vehicles were nevertheless retired between 1932 and; the last locomotive in service was the 38 003.
The engines were equipped with Bavarian 2′2′ T 18,2 tenders.