LDE – Robert Stephenson

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

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.