#0016
LDE – Edward Bury to Pfeil
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Bury, Curtis and Kennedy· from 1837· class of 4 German 0-4-0 locomotives
what is it?
The EDWARD BURY to PFEIL series of early German locomotives were tender engines 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 189 years ago, in 1837.
- Served for 16 years (1838–1854).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1837
- in service from
- 1838
- retired
- 1854
- status
- retired
- number built
- 4
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Bury, Curtis and Kennedy, Edward Bury
- operators
- Leipzig–Dresden Railway Company
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1797951, Wikipedia: LDE – Edward Bury to Pfeil (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.