LDE – Robert Stephenson

The Robert Stephenson was an early, passenger train, tender locomotive operated by the Leipzig–Dresden Railway Company or LDE.

LDE - ROBERT STEPHENSON
Type and origin Builder Robert Stephenson & Co., Newcastle upon Tyne Build date 1838 – 1840 Total produced 1
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 2-2-2 Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Driver dia. 1,676 mm (5 ft 6.0 in) Carrying wheel diameter NK Boiler: ​ Heating tube length 2,438 mm (8 ft 0 in) Boiler pressure 4,0 at Heating surface: ​  • Evaporative NK Cylinders 2 Cylinder size 305 mm (12.0 in) Piston stroke 457 mm (18.0 in)
Career Retired by 1860

The locomotive was delivered to the LDE in 1838 by Robert Stephenson & Co., Newcastle upon Tyne, England, with factory number 205. It was retired sometime between 1857 and 1860.

See also

• Royal Saxon State Railways
• List of Saxon locomotives and railbuses
• Leipzig–Dresden Railway Company

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, Schnnellzug- und Personenzuglokomotiven (EFA 2.1) (in German). Düsseldorf: Alba. pp. 61, 191. ISBN 3-87094-096-4.
• Preuß, Erich; Preuß, Rainer (1991). Sächsische Staatseisenbahnen (in German). Berlin: transpress Verlagsgesellschaft mbH. ISBN 3-344-70700-0.