LDE – Robert Stephenson

LDE - ROBERT STEPHENSON
Quantity: 1
Manufacturer: Robert Stephenson & Co., Newcastle upon Tyne
Year(s) of manufacture: 1838 – 1840
Retired: by 1860
Wheel arrangement: 2-2-2
Axle arrangement: 1A1 n2
Gauge: 1,435 mm
Driving wheel diameter: 1,676 mm
Carrying wheel diameter: NK
No. of cylinders: 2
Cylinder bore: 305 mm
Piston stroke: 457 mm
Boiler Overpressure: 4,0 at
Heating tube length: 2,438 mm
Evaporative heating area: NK

The Robert Stephenson was an early, passenger train, tender locomotive operated by the Leipzig-Dresden Railway 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.

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