LDE – Pegasus

The Pegasus was an early, passenger train tender locomotive operated by the Leipzig–Dresden Railway Company or LDE. She was one of the first locomotives to be built in Germany.[1]

PEGASUS
LDE – PEGASUS
Quantity1
ManufacturerSächsische Maschinenbau-Compagnie, Chemnitz
Year(s) of manufacture1839
Retired1862/63
Wheel arrangement2-2-2
Axle arrangement1A1 n2
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in)
Overall wheelbase≈ 2950 mm
Driving wheel diameter1524 mm
No. of cylinders2
Cylinder bore305 mm
Piston stroke457 mm
Boiler Overpressure4 at
No. of heating tubes75
Grate area0.88 m2
Evaporative heating area35.5 m2

History

The PEGASUS was built in 1839, the first locomotive to be built by the Sächsische Maschinenbau-Compagnie in Chemnitz. In 1842, after a long period of trials, she was bought by the Leipzig-Dresden Railway Compagnie for 6250 talers.[2] The unusable locomotive COLUMBUS was used in part-payment. The design of the PEGASUS was based on the English locomotive STURM.

In 1862/63 the engine was retired from the LDE.

See also

References

  1. Sonderdruck "100 Jahre Haubold", C. G. Haubold, 1937. Seite 13.
  2. Helmholtz and Staby 1930, p. 63.

Sources

  • Näbrich, Fritz; Meyer, Günter; Preuß, Reiner (1983). Lokomotivarchiv Sachsen 1 (in German). Berlin: Transpress VEB Verlag für Verkehrswesen.
  • Preuß, Erich; Preuß, Rainer (1991). Sächsische Staatseisenbahnen (in German). Berlin: Transpress Verlagsgesellschaft mbH. ISBN 3-344-70700-0.
  • von Helmholtz, R.; Staby, W. (1930). Die Entwicklung der Lokomotive im Gebiete des Vereins Deutscher Eisenbahnverwaltungen, 1. Band, 1835 - 1880 (in German). Münich and Berlin: Verlag von R. Oldenburg.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.