#0010
LDE – Columbus
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Ross Winans· from 1835· early German 0-4-0 locomotive
what is it?
Columbus was a tender locomotive 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 191 years ago, in 1835.
- Served for 7 years (1835–1842).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1835
- in service from
- 1835
- retired
- 1842
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Ross Winans
- 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 Q1696556, Wikipedia: LDE – Columbus (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.