#0024
Saxonia
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Maschinenbauanstalt Übigau· from 1838· early German 0-4-2 locomotive
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Saxonia 1989 Meiningen 01092007: Total number of my uploaded files : 1116· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Saxonia Verkehrsmuseum Nuernberg 12092010 side view 02: Total number of my uploaded files : 1116· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. 02 928 Bf Borsdorf, »Saxonia«: Falk2· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. 02 929 Bf Borsdorf, »Saxonia«: Falk2· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Dampflokomotive Saxonia: meine Großmutter / own grandma· Public domain
- 6. Dresden Saxonia: Steffen Mokosch ( Steffen M. at de.wikipedia )· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. Saxonia 1989 Meiningen 01092007 02: Total number of my uploaded files : 1116· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. Saxonia Koblenz Luetzel 03042010: Total number of my uploaded files : 1116· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. Saxonia Verkehrsmuseum Nuernberg 12092010 side view 01: Total number of my uploaded files : 1116· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. Sächsische Dampflokomotive Saxonia: meine Großmutter / own grandma· Public domain
what is it?
The locomotive Saxonia was operated by the Leipzig–Dresden Railway Company (Leipzig–Dresdner Eisenbahn-Compagnie or LDE) and was the first practical working steam locomotive built in Germany. Its name means Saxony in Latin.
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 188 years ago, in 1838.
- Served for 12 years (1838–1850).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1838
- in service from
- 1838
- retired
- 1850
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Maschinenbauanstalt Übigau
- operators
- Leipzig–Dresden Railway Company
- top speed
- 50 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-2
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q566247, Wikipedia: Saxonia (locomotive) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.