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Passenger train tender locomotive
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) standard gauge
Driver dia.1,524 mm (5 ft 0 in)
Wheelbase:​
 • Overall2,050 mm (6 ft 8+11⁄16 in)
Boiler:
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No. of heating tubes75
Boiler pressure4 kgf/cm
3.9 bar; 390 kPa; 57 psi
Heating surface:​
 • Firebox0.88 m (9.5 sq ft)
 • Evaporative35.5 m (382 sq ft)
Cylinders2
Cylinder size305 mm (1 ft 0 in)
Piston stroke457 mm (1 ft 6 in)
Career
Retired1862/63

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.

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. 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.
  • Näbrich, Fritz; Preuß, Reiner; Meyer, Günter (1984). Lokomotiven sächsischer Eisenbahnen, Schnellzug- und Personenzuglokomotiven (EFA 2.1) (in German). Düsseldorf: Alba. pp. 67, 194. ISBN 3-87094-096-4.
  • 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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