The KNFB - ''Austria'' and ''Moravia'' were the two first steam locomotives used by the
Kaiser Ferdinands-Nordbahn in
Austria. The pair of
2-2-0
Under Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-2-0 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, two powered driving wheels on one axle, and no trailing wheels. This configuration, which became very p ...
engines were built by
Robert Stephenson and Company and delivered in 1837. The cylinders were arranged under the smokebox and drove the cranked second axle. The boiler was covered with wooden strips.
''Austria'' led the opening train of the KFNB from
Floridsdorf to
Deutsch-Wagram. Both locomotives soon proved incapable of handling the increased traffic and were transferred to the Stockerau line (''Stockerauer Flügelbahn''). After a serious accident at
Versailles on the Paris – Versailles railway on May 8 1842, the use of two-axle locomotives was banned in Austria. ''Austria'' and ''Moravia'' therefore had to be withdrawn from service. They were stored in 1846, struck off in 1849 and scrapped in 1849 or 1852 after a conversion to
2-2-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-2-2 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, two powered driving wheels on one axle, and two trailing wheels on one axle. The wheel arrangement both ...
engines with an additional carrying axle did not materialize.
Steam locomotives of Austria
2-2-0 locomotives
Robert Stephenson and Company locomotives
Railway locomotives introduced in 1837
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