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LDE – Elbe to Hayn
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Borsig· from 1848· class of 5 German 2-2-2 locomotives
what is it?
The ELBE to HAYN series of early German steam locomotives were equipped with tenders and operated by the Leipzig–Dresden Railway Company (Leipzig-Dresdner Eisenbahn or LDE).
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 178 years ago, in 1848.
- Served for 21 years (1848–1869).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1848–1849
- in service from
- 1848
- retired
- 1869
- status
- retired
- number built
- 5
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Borsig
- operators
- Leipzig–Dresden Railway Company
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-2-2
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1797952, Wikipedia: LDE – Elbe to Hayn (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.