| PEGASUS | |
| Bgcolor: | 698B69 |
| Color: | FFFFFF |
| Builder: | Sächsische Maschinenbau-Compagnie, Chemnitz |
| Builddate: | 1839 |
| Totalproduction: | 1 |
| Whytetype: | 2-2-2 |
| Driverdiameter: | 1524 mm |
| Overallwheelbase: | ≈ 2950 mm |
| Heatingtubes: | 75 |
| Boilerpressure: | 4 at |
| Fireboxarea: | 0.88 m2 |
| Evaporativearea: | 35.5 m2 |
| Cylindercount: | 2 |
| Cylindersize: | 305 mm |
| Pistonstroke: | 457 mm |
| Retiredate: | 1862/63 |
The Pegasus was an early, passenger train tender locomotive operated by the Leipzig–Dresden Railway Company or LDE. She was one of the first locomotives to be built in Germany.[1]
The PEGASUS was built in 1839, the first locomotive to be built by the Sächsische Maschinenbau-Compagnie in Chemnitz. 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.