PEGASUS
LDE – PEGASUS
Type and origin Builder Sächsische Maschinenbau-Compagnie, Chemnitz Build date 1839 Total produced 1
Specifications Configuration: ​  •  Whyte 2-2-2 Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Driver dia. 1524 mm Wheelbase: ​  • Overall ≈ 2950 mm Boiler: ​ No. of heating tubes 75 Boiler pressure 4 at Heating surface: ​  • Firebox 0.88 m2  • Evaporative 35.5 m2 Cylinders 2 Cylinder size 305 mm Piston stroke 457 mm
Career Retired 1862/63

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. ^[1]

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

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

References

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.