LDE – Columbus

Columbus was a tender locomotive operated by the Leipzig–Dresden Railway Company (Leipzig-Dresdner Eisenbahn or LDE).

COLUMBUS
Quantity1
ManufacturerGillingham & Winans, Baltimore
Year(s) of manufacture1835
Retired1842
Wheel arrangement0-4-0
Axle arrangementB n2
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in)
Driving wheel diameter1,220 mm (4 ft 0 in)
No. of cylinders2
Cylinder bore254 mm (10 in)
Piston stroke610 mm (24 in)
Boiler Overpressure4.9 kgf/cm2 (480 kPa; 70 psi)
No. of heating tubes400
Heating tube length965 mm (38 in)

History

The locomotive was sent to the LDE on the recommendation of the Saxon consul in the United States. Similar locomotives had already proven themselves on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. (cf. Tom Thumb) She was built in 1835 by Gillingham & Winans in Baltimore/USA.

In the LDE's company records the locomotive was later described as unreliable and unusable. Several attempts to give the engine back to the manufacturer failed.

In 1842 the locomotive was given to the Sächsische Maschinenbau-Compagnie in Chemnitz in payment for the PEGASUS. Beyond that, her fate is unknown. She may be identical with the TEUTONIA, which was delivered to the Magdeburg-Leipzig Railway in 1843.[1]

See also

References

  1. Helmholtz and Staby 1930, p. 63.

Sources

  • Näbrich, Fritz; Meyer, Günter; Preuß, Reiner (1983). Lokomotivarchiv Sachsen 1 (in German). Berlin: Transpress VEB Verlag für Verkehrswesen.
  • 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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