LDE – Moldau to Mulde

The MOLDAU to MULDE series of early, German steam engines were designed as tender locomotives for the Leipzig–Dresden Railway Company (Leipzig-Dresdner Eisenbahn-Compagnie or LDE) for mixed duties.

LDE – MOLDAU to MULDE
Type and origin
BuilderMaschinenfabrik Esslingen
Build date1874 / 1875
Specifications
Driver dia.1,525 mm
Carrying wheel diameter1,015 mm
Axle load11.7 t
Adhesive weight23.4 t
Empty weight28.2 t
Service weight32.5 t
Boiler:
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No. of heating tubes176
Heating tube length4,260 mm
Boiler pressure9.0 at
Heating surface:
 • Tubes		94.2 m2
 • Firebox1.10 m2
 • Radiative7.2 m2
 • Evaporative101.4 m2
Cylinders2
Cylinder size406 mm
Piston stroke610 mm
Valve gearStephenson
Career
Numbers604–612 (1876)
696–704 (1892)
2696–2704 (1900)
Retired1904–1923

History

As early as 1866 and 1868 the Leipzig-Dresden Railway had procured 2-4-0 steam engines from Maschinenfabrik Esslingen. The nine locomotives acquired in 1874/75 differed from the older batch mainly in their modern Crampton boilers and inside Allan valve gear.

In the LDE the locomotives were only given names; no running numbers or classification. On being taken over in 1876 by the Royal Saxon State Railways most of them were given new names in order to avoid duplication. In addition they were allocated the running numbers 604 to 612 and grouped into Class K III.

In 1885 their classification was changed to K II and in 1892 they were renumbered from 696 to 704. From 1896 the classification just became II. From 1900 their running numbers were raised by 2000 and the name plates were removed.

In 1904 the first locomotives were retired. Several ended up in 1920 in the fleet of the newly founded Deutsche Reichsbahn. In the preliminary renumbering plan two locomotives were allocated new running numbers: 98 7301 and 7302, the rest were not covered.

In 1923 the last locomotive in this class, the former MOLDAU, was withdrawn from the fleet.

Locomotive table
Locomotive table
NameWorks No.BuiltNo. (1876)Name (1876)No. (1892)No. (1900)Retired
MOLDAU13361874604MOLDAU69626921923
EGER13371874605RUHLAND69726971911
KOHLFURT13381874606KOHLFURT69826981904
PILSEN13391874607TRIEBISCH69926991921
FRAUENSTEIN13401874608ESSLINGEN70027001911
WIEN13601875609LOHMEN70127011922
CÖLN13611875610GMUNDEN70227011909
BERLIN13621875611GRATZ70327031909
MULDE13631875612MILTITZ70427041921

See also

References
    • Näbrich, Fritz; Meyer, Günter; Preuß, Reiner (1983). Lokomotivarchiv Sachsen 1. Berlin: transpress VEB Verlag für Verkehrswesen.
    • Preuß, Erich; Preuß, Rainer (1991). Sächsische Staatseisenbahnen. Berlin: transpress Verlagsgesellschaft mbH. ISBN 3-344-70700-0.
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