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
Type and origin
BuilderSächsische Maschinenbau-Compagnie, Chemnitz
Build date1839
Total produced1
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte2-2-2
Gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Driver dia.1524 mm
Wheelbase:
 • Overall		≈ 2950 mm
Boiler:
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No. of heating tubes75
Boiler pressure4 at
Heating surface:
 • Firebox		0.88 m2
 • Evaporative35.5 m2
Cylinders2
Cylinder size305 mm
Piston stroke457 mm
Career
Retired1862/63

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. von Helmholtz & 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.
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