#0061
LDE – Richard Hartmann to Zwickau
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Sächsische Maschinenfabrik· from 1849· class of 3 German 2-2-2 locomotives
what is it?
The RICHARD HARTMANN to ZWICKAU series of early German locomotives were express train tender locomotives operated by the Leipzig–Dresden Railway Company (Leipzig-Dresdner Eisenbahn orLDE).
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 177 years ago, in 1849.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1849
- retired
- 1868
- status
- retired
- number built
- 3
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Sächsische Maschinenfabrik
- 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 Q1797961, Wikipedia: LDE – Richard Hartmann to Zwickau (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.