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27: 393:, England in 1871. They had originally been part of an order of six locomotives for the Somerset and Dorset Railway. VF had built the six locomotives (S&DR 19 to 24) in 1866, but the cash-strapped S&DR had only been able to pay for two (19 and 20), leaving VF with 21 to 24 to dispose of. On their sale to EL, they were renumbered 26 to 29 and named after rivers. 407:
The two-cylinder saturated steam engine and its valve gear was between the frames. The suspension of the coupling axles was provided by leaf spring packages below the axle. The leading axle was cushioned by overhead leaf spring packages.
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The locomotives had an inside frame for the driving wheels but carried the leading axle in an outer frame. The boiler barrel had three rings and a very high safety valve bonnet.
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In 1898, numbers 26 and 29 were given counterweights on the coupling wheels. The first locomotive was retired in 1882, the last around 1900.
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had moved all its rolling stock west. The new owners had to procure a fleet of locomotives, carriages, and wagons quickly.
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There was a sandbox on either side of the footplate that sanded the first coupled axle.
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The locomotives were coupled to a three-axle tender with a 9 m³ water tank volume.
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Dampflokomotiven: Bahnen in Elsaß-Lothringen (EFA F.1)
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Vulcan Foundry
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Cylinder size
Piston stroke
2-4-0
Imperial Railways in Alsace-Lorraine
Franco-Prussian War
Alsace-Lorraine
Chemins de fer de l'Est
Vulcan Foundry
Newton-le-Willows
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BOBER
WEICHSEL
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Spielhoff 1991

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