KFNB Nordstern

what is it?

KNFB Nordstern was one of the first passenger steam locomotives in the Austrian Empire. It was built by J. and G. Rennie Locomotive Works for the Emperor Ferdinand Northern Railway (German: Kaiser Ferdinands-Nordbahn or KFNB) in 1839 and operated from Vienna to Břeclav. Nordstern was the only locomotive of its type supplied to the KFNB and corresponded to standard English designs of the period with a 2–2–2 wheel arrangement in whyte notation.

who runs it

base stats

• weight 13.2 tin working order
• built 1made in total

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 187 years ago, in 1839.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 2 African elephants (~6 t each).
• ⌛Served for 26 years (1839–1865).

steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.

spec sheet

built

1839

in service from

1839

retired

1865

status

retired

number built

1

kind

Steam

traction

steam

origin

Austria–Hungary

builders

J. and G. Rennie

operators

Kaiser Ferdinands-Nordbahn

top speed

—

power

—

wheel arrangement

2-2-2

weight

13.2 t

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.