#0011
LDE – Comet
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Rothwell, Hick and Rothwell· from 1835· class of 4 German 0-4-0 (later 0-4-2) locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Blitz loco: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The German locomotives Comet, Faust, Blitz and Windsbraut were four of the first locomotives on the Leipzig–Dresden Railway Company (LDE). They were four-coupled engines, that Rothwell and Company had built in Manchester between 1835 and 1838. Comet was the first locomotive to be delivered to Saxony.
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 5 years (1835–1840).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1835–1838
- in service from
- 1835
- retired
- 1840
- status
- retired
- number built
- 4
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Rothwell, Hick and Rothwell
- operators
- Leipzig–Dresden Railway Company
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-0 (0-4-2 after rebuild)
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1797947, Wikipedia: LDE – Comet (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.