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LDE - PETER ROTHWELL to NORDLICHT

Type and origin
Builder	Rothwell
Build date	1838–1840
Total produced	6

Specifications
Configuration:
• Whyte	2-2-2
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Driver dia.	1,525 mm (5 ft 0 in)
Carrying wheel diameter	NK
Boiler:
Heating tube length	2,286 mm (7 ft 6 in)
Boiler pressure	4 kg/cm² (390 kPa; 57 psi)
Heating surface:
• Evaporative	NK
Cylinders	2
Cylinder size	279 mm (11 in)
Piston stroke	457 mm (18 in)

Career
Retired	to 1864

The Peter Rothwell to Nordlicht series of steam engines were early, passenger train, tender locomotivess operated by the Leipzig–Dresden Railway Company (Leipzig-Dresdner Eisenbahn or LDE) in Germany.

History

The six locomotives were delivered from 1838 to 1840 by Rothwell, England to the LDE. They were given the names PETER ROTHWELL, SALAMANDER, MAGDEBURG, SIMSON, ALTENBURG and NORDLICHT.

The engines were retired between 1856 and 1864.

Sources

Näbrich, Fritz; Meyer, Günter; Preuß, Reiner (1983). Lokomotivarchiv Sachsen 1 (in German). Berlin: transpress VEB Verlag für Verkehrswesen.^{[page needed]}
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.^{[page needed]}

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