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GB E 2-2 No.11

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E 2/2

Type: steamlocomotive
Producer: Schweizerische Lokomotiv- und Maschinenfabrik (SLM)
Build date: 1881
Number Photographed Train: 11
Operating Weight: 14.7 tons
Axle configuration: B
Whyte noation: 0-4-0 Four-Wheel-Switcher
Power: 55 kW
Top Speed: 50 kph
Gauge: 1435 mm
Rejection: 1934
Home: Switzerland
Owner: Gotthardbahn (GB)
Former Operator: Gotthardbahn (GB)

Location: Verkehrshaus Lucerne, Switzerland

Note: This small locomotive has a so called Brown steering with overhead cylinders. The English engineer Charles Brown was the most important founder of the SLM. He developed this special steering that the locomotive doesn't use much room on track level. This buildung technique is very good for construction, industrial railway and trams. On the left side in the background you can see a part of the C 5/6 No.2965 , the biggest swiss built steam locomotive.
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Make
NIKON CORPORATION
Model
NIKON D80
Shutter Speed
1/50 second
Aperture
F/3.8
Focal Length
31 mm
ISO Speed
500
Date Taken
Jul 13, 2010, 4:08:25 PM
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Rocketmodels's avatar

A unique little thing. Cranked drive motion would have been interesting to watch.