Quantity 6 Year(s) of manufacture 1838 – 1840 Wheel arrangement 2-2-2 | Manufacturer Rothwell Retired to 1864 Axle arrangement 1A1 n2 | |
The Peter Rothwell to Nordlicht series of steam engines were early, passenger train, tender locomotivess operated by the Leipzig–Dresden Railway Company (Leipzig-Dresdner Eisenbahn or LDE) in Germany.
History
The six locomotives were delivered from 1838 to 1840 by Rothwell, England to the LDE. They were given the names PETER ROTHWELL, SALAMANDER, MAGDEBURG, SIMSON, ALTENBURG and NORDLICHT.
The engines were retired between 1856 and 1864.
References
LDE – Peter Rothwell to Nordlicht Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA