LDE – Renner to Greif

LDE - RENNER to GREIF
Type and origin Builder Thomas Kirtley & Co., Warrington Build date 1837–1839 Total produced 5
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 2-2-2 Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Driver dia. 1,524 mm (5 ft 0 in) Carrying wheel diameter 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) Empty weight 8.75 tonnes (8.61 long tons; 9.65 short tons) Boiler: ​ No. of heating tubes 96 Heating tube length 2,080 mm (6 ft 10 in) Boiler pressure 4 kg/cm2 (390 kPa; 57 psi) Heating surface: ​  • Firebox 0.76 m2 (8.2 sq ft)  • Radiative 5.5 m2 (59 sq ft)  • Evaporative 31.0 m2 (334 sq ft) Cylinders 2 Cylinder size 292 mm (11+1⁄2 in) Piston stroke 457 mm (18 in)
Career Retired by 1858

The German locomotive series Renner to Greif comprised passenger train, tender locomotives operated by the Leipzig–Dresden Railway Company (LDE).

History

The five locomotives were delivered in 1837 and 1839 by Thomas Kirtley & Co., Warrington, Lancashire to the LDE. They were given the names: RENNER, STURM, ELEPHANT, WILLIAM CURTLEY and GREIF.

These locomotives were retired between 1851 and 1858.

See also

• Royal Saxon State Railways
• List of Saxon locomotives and railbuses
• Leipzig–Dresden Railway Company

Sources

• Näbrich, Fritz; Meyer, Günter; Preuß, Reiner (1983). Lokomotivarchiv Sachsen 1 (in German). Berlin: transpress VEB Verlag für Verkehrswesen.
• Näbrich, Fritz; Preuß, Reiner; Meyer, Günter (1984). Lokomotiven sächsischer Eisenbahnen, Schnnellzug- und Personenzuglokomotiven (EFA 2.1) (in German). Düsseldorf: Alba. ISBN 3-87094-096-4.
• Preuß, Erich; Preuß, Rainer (1991). Sächsische Staatseisenbahnen (in German). Berlin: transpress Verlagsgesellschaft mbH. ISBN 3-344-70700-0.