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Steam locomotive E 2/2 No 11 St. Gotthard Railway GB 1881Construction locomotive of the St. Gotthard RailwayThis small locomotive uses the Brown system of lever-drive with elevated cylinders. The British engineer Charles Brown was the major founder of the Swiss Locomotive & Machine Works (SLM). He designed this special driving arrangement to reduce the width of the locomotive immediately above rail level. This type of construction was particularly suited for construction and factory locomotives as well as steam tramways.
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  • Steam locomotive E 2/2 No 11 St. Gotthard Railway GB 1881
    Construction locomotive of the ...

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  • Steam locomotive E 2/2 No 11 St. Gotthard Railway GB 1881
    Construction locomotive of the St. Gotthard Railway

    This small locomotive uses the Brown system of lever-drive with elevated cylinders. The British engineer Charles Brown was the major founder of the Swiss Locomotive & Machine Works (SLM). He designed this special driving arrangement to reduce the width of the locomotive immediately above rail level. This type of construction was particularly suited for construction and factory locomotives as well as steam tramways.
  • Inventory No.VHS-72
  • Original/modelOriginal-Fahrzeug
  • Object typeObject (three-dimensional)
  • Manufacturer/operatorGB Gotthardbahn (Gotthard-Bahn, Gotthardbahn-Gesellschaft) (1871 - 1909), Operator or user
    von Roll Giesserei Choindez (1871 - 1909), Operator or user
    SLM Schweizerische Lokomotiv- und Maschinenfabrik (1871 - 1998), Manufacturer
    Brown Charles sen. (1827 - 1905), Patent
  • GeographyTerritory: Göschenen - Gotthardtunnel - Airolo (Kanton Uri, Kanton Tessin) bzw. Choindez - Klus (Kan
  • DatingBaujahr 1881; in Betrieb bis 1934
  • Object weightL x B x H L über Puffer 660 x 350 cm
    Dienstgewicht 14700 kg
  • Type of propulsionPiston steam engine
  • Number of cylinders2
  • Power (kW)68.35
  • Top speed (km/h)50