The Pegasus was an early,

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tender locomotive operated by the

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or LDE. She was one of the first locomotives to be built in Germany.Sonderdruck "100 Jahre Haubold", C. G. Haubold, 1937. Seite 13.

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The ''PEGASUS'' was built in 1839, the first locomotive to be built by the Sächsische Maschinenbau-Compagnie in

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. In 1842, after a long period of trials, she was bought by the Leipzig-Dresden Railway Compagnie for 6250 talers. The unusable locomotive ''COLUMBUS'' was used in part-payment. The design of the ''PEGASUS'' was based on the English locomotive ''STURM''. In 1862/63 the engine was retired from the LDE.

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