Columbus was a tender locomotive operated by the
Leipzig–Dresden Railway Company
The Leipzig–Dresden Railway Company (german: Leipzig-Dresdner Eisenbahn-Compagnie or LDE) was a private railway company in the Kingdom of Saxony, now a part of Germany. Amongst other things, it operated the route between Leipzig and Dresden, ope ...
(''Leipzig-Dresdner Eisenbahn'' or ''LDE'').
History
The locomotive was sent to the LDE on the recommendation of the Saxon consul in the United States. Similar locomotives had already proven themselves on the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was the first common carrier railroad and the oldest railroad in the United States, with its first section opening in 1830. Merchants from Baltimore, which had benefited to some extent from the construction of ...
. (cf.
Tom Thumb) She was built in 1835 by ''Gillingham & Winans'' in
Baltimore
Baltimore ( , locally: or ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland, fourth most populous city in the Mid-Atlantic, and the 30th most populous city in the United States with a population of 585,708 in 2020. Baltimore was d ...
/USA.
In the LDE's company records the locomotive was later described as ''unreliable'' and ''unusable''. Several attempts to give the engine back to the manufacturer failed.
In 1842 the locomotive was given to the ''Sächsische Maschinenbau-Compagnie'' in
Chemnitz
Chemnitz (; from 1953 to 1990: Karl-Marx-Stadt , ) is the third-largest city in the German state of Saxony after Leipzig and Dresden. It is the 28th largest city of Germany as well as the fourth largest city in the area of former East Germany a ...
in payment for the
''PEGASUS''. Beyond that, her fate is unknown. She may be identical with the ''TEUTONIA'', which was delivered to the
Magdeburg-Leipzig Railway in 1843.
See also
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Royal Saxon State Railways
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List of Saxon locomotives and railbuses
This list contains the locomotives and railbuses of the Royal Saxon State Railways (''Königlich Saxon Staatseisenbahnen'') and the locomotives of the Leipzig–Dresden Railway Company.
Leipzig-Dresden Railway
The Leipzig–Dresden Railway ...
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Leipzig–Dresden Railway Company
The Leipzig–Dresden Railway Company (german: Leipzig-Dresdner Eisenbahn-Compagnie or LDE) was a private railway company in the Kingdom of Saxony, now a part of Germany. Amongst other things, it operated the route between Leipzig and Dresden, ope ...
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0-4-0 locomotives
Locomotives of Saxony
Early steam locomotives
Standard gauge locomotives of Germany
Railway locomotives introduced in 1835