Leipzig-Dresden Railway
The Leipzig-Dresden Railway (Leipzig-Dresdner Eisenbahn or LDE) started up its operations between 1837 and 1839, successively opening its sections of line, and was therefore the first German long distance railway. It remained independent for nearly three decades and was only absorbed into the Royal Saxon State Railways on 1 June 1876.
The LDE locomotives were only classified by name.
| LDE name | State railway class (to 1896) |
State railway number(s) (to 1892) |
Quantity | Year(s) of manufacture | Type | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COLUMBUS | 1 | 1835 | B n2 | Built by Winans (USA), so-called "Crab class"; given in payment for the locomotive PEGASUS in 1842 | ||
| COMET and FAUST | 2 | 1835–1837 | B n2 | Built by Rothwell (GB), driving wheel diameter 1372 mm; COMET rebuilt in 1842 into B1 n2, retired by 1848 | ||
| BLITZ and WINDSBRAUT | 2 | 1836–1837 | B n2 | Built by Rothwell (GB), driving wheel diameter 1524 mm; rebuilt in 1842 into B1 n2, retired by 1848 | ||
| RENNER to GREIF | 5 | 1837–1839 | 1A1 n2 | Built by Kirtley (GB), retired by 1869 | ||
| PETER ROTHWELL to NORDLICHT | 6 | 1838–1840 | 1A1 n2 | Built by Rothwell (GB), retired by 1864 | ||
| ROBERT STEPHENSON | 1 | 1838 | 1A1 n2 | Built by Stephenson (GB), retired 1858 | ||
| EDWARD BURY to PFEIL | 4 | 1838 | B n2 | Built by Bury (GB), retired by 1854 | ||
| SAXONIA | 1 | 1838 | B1 n2 | Built by Übigau; carrying axle removed in 1840/41 (B n2), 1844 mothballed | ||
| PEGASUS | 1 | 1839 | 1A1 n2 | Built by the Sächsische Maschinenfabrik Co., Chemnitz, bought in 1842 after lengthy trials; retired 1862 | ||
| PHÖNIX | 1 | 1840 | 1A1 n2 | Built by Übigau, not bought after trials | ||
| BRÜSSEL | 1 | 1842 | 1A1 n2 | Built by Renard (B), retired 1860 | ||
| DRESDEN to RIESA | 3 | 1844–1846 | 1B n2 | Built by Hawthorn (GB), retired by 1867 | ||
| WURZEN and OSCHATZ | 2 | 1847 | 1B n2 | Built by Borsig, retired by 1868 | ||
| ELBE to HAYN | 5 | 1848–1849 | 1A1 n2 | Built by Borsig, retired by 1868 | ||
| RICHARD HARTMANN to ZWICKAU | 3 | 1849 | 1A1 n2 | Built by Hartmann, retired by 1868 | ||
| COMET to SAALE | B II from 1886: B IIa |
613–626 | 14 | 1852–1859 | 1B n2 | Mixed traffic locomotives, built by Borsig |
| HAMBURG to BREMEN | 4 | 1854 | 1A1 n2 | Passenger train locomotives, built by Borsig; 1873–1876 in B1 n2t and B1n2 rebuilt | ||
| SAXONIA to ALTHEN | H VIa, B VIa | 544–571 | 28 | 1856–1868 | 1A1 n2 | Express train locomotives, built by Hartmann and Borsig |
| BORSDORF to ZITTAU | K III from 1885: K II |
584–603 | 20 | 1866–1868 | 1B n2 | Mixed traffic locomotives, built by Esslingen |
| MOLDAU to MULDE | K III from 1885: K II |
604–612 | 9 | 1874–1875 | 1B n2 | Mixed traffic locomotives, built by Esslingen |
| MANNHEIM to DOLDENHORN | K V, Sigl V, Hsch V | 514-543 | 30 | 1868–1876 | C n2 | Goods train locomotives, built by Esslingen, Sigl and Henschel |
| Nos. 3 to 6 | W VII T | 628–631 | 4 | 1874 | B n2t | Shunting locomotives, built by Wöhlert |
| MEISSEN to WILHELM SEYFFERTH | Hsch VI | 572–583 | 12 | 1875–1876 | 1B n2 | Express train locomotives, built by Henschel |
| GROSSENHAIN I and GROSSENHAIN II | St II T | 635–636 | (2) | (1856) | 1B n2t | Taken over in 1869 with the Großenhain–Priestewitz branch; appeared in 1856 as a rebuild of the Bavarian E. |
| Nos. 7 to 9 | B IIa T | 632–634 | (3) | (1873–1875) | B1 n2t | Rebuilt from 1A1 locomotives by Borsig, built in 1854 |
| BREMEN | B II | 627 | (1) | (1875) | B1 n2t |
Read more about this topic: List Of Saxon Locomotives And Railcars
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