LDE – Pegasus explained

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. 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

1. Sonderdruck "100 Jahre Haubold", C. G. Haubold, 1937. Seite 13.

Sources

• Book: Fritz. Näbrich. Günter. Meyer. Reiner. Preuß. Lokomotivarchiv Sachsen 1. Transpress VEB Verlag für Verkehrswesen. Berlin. 1983. de.
  • Book: Erich. Preuß. Rainer. Preuß. Sächsische Staatseisenbahnen. Transpress Verlagsgesellschaft mbH. Berlin. 1991. 3-344-70700-0. de.
• Book: R.. von Helmholtz. W.. Staby. Die Entwicklung der Lokomotive im Gebiete des Vereins Deutscher Eisenbahnverwaltungen, 1. Band, 1835 - 1880. Verlag von R. Oldenburg. Münich and Berlin. 1930. de.