| Saxon VIII 1 | |
|---|---|
| Quantity | 8 |
| Manufacturer | n.k. |
| Entered service | 1870 |
| Retired | by 1922 |
| Wheel arrangement | 4-4-0 |
| Axle arrangement | 2'B |
| Length over buffers | n.k. |
| Ø Driving wheel | 1,830 mm |
| Ø Leading wheel | 990 mm |
| Top speed | 70 km/h |
| Boiler overpressure | 8.5 kp/cm² 83.4 kN/cm² |
| Piston stroke | 560 mm |
| Cylinder bore | 406 mm |
| Grate area | 1.32 m² |
| Evaporative heating area | 93.2 m² |
| Power | n.k. |
| Average axle load | 10.2 Mp 100.0 kN |
| Adhesive weight | 20.3 Mp 199.1 kN |
| Service weight | 36.8 Mp 360.9 kN |
| Brake | Westinghouse brake Schleiferbremsen |
The Saxon Class VIII 1 were early German 4-4-0 steam locomotives built for the Royal Saxon State Railways (Königlich Sächsische Staats-Eisenbahn) for express train services. The engines were deployed on the railway route between Dresden and Chemnitz.
They were based on a prototype from Württemberg. They were fitted with an American bogie and had a high outer firebox instead of the second steam dome. As a result the boiler was also pitched higher.
These locomotives were over 50 years old when they were retired around 1922 by the Deutsche Reichsbahn before being given a new classification.
Spielhoff, Lothar, Länderbahn-Dampf-Lokomotiven. Band 1: Preußen, Mecklenburg, Oldenburg, Sachsen und Elsaß-Lothringen, Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart, 1990, ISBN 3-440-06145-0
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