#0023
LDE – Robert Stephenson
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Robert Stephenson and Company· from 1838· class of 1 German 2-2-2 locomotive
what is it?
The Robert Stephenson was an early passenger steam locomotive operated by the Leipzig–Dresden Railway Company or LDE. The locomotive was delivered to the LDE in 1838 by Robert Stephenson & Co., Newcastle upon Tyne, England, with factory number 205. It was retired sometime between 1857 and 1860.
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
- 1838–1840
- in service from
- 1838
- retired
- 1850
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Robert Stephenson and Company
- 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 Q1797963, Wikipedia: LDE – Robert Stephenson (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.