#0191
LDE – Borsdorf to Zittau
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Maschinenfabrik Esslingen· from 1866· class of 20 German 2-4-0 locomotives
what is it?
The BORSDORF to ZITTAU series of early, German tender locomotives were used by the Leipzig–Dresden Railway Company (Leipzig-Dresdner Eisenbahn-Compagnie or LDE) for mixed duties.
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 160 years ago, in 1866.
- Weighs about as much as 5 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 47 years (1866–1913).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1866–1868
- in service from
- 1866
- retired
- 1913
- status
- retired
- number built
- 20
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Maschinenfabrik Esslingen
- operators
- Royal Saxon State Railways, Leipzig–Dresden Railway Company
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- weight
- 30 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1720779, Wikipedia: LDE – Borsdorf to Zittau (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.