Locomotives LVCI 79-90

LVCI 79-90 were a group of 2-4-0 steam locomotives of the LVCI, a private company of Austria-Hungary. The 12 Locomotives were supplied by Koechlin in 1858. They were very similar to LCVI 51–60.

LVCI 79-90
Type and origin Power type Steam Builder Koechlin Build date 1858 Total produced 12
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 2-4-0 Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Driver dia. 1.5 metres Length 8.402 metres Loco weight 29.3 tonnes Fuel type Coal Boiler pressure 7 atmospheres, c. 100 psi Heating surface 120.2 m2 Cylinders 2 Cylinder size 420 x 610 mm

Names

The locomotives were named: Paisiello, Ariosto, Tasso, Petrarca, Raffaello, Michelangelo, Giotto, Cimabue, Bramante, Torricelli, Oriani, Cavalli

Ownership changes

The Südbahn took 10 of these 12 Locomotives, calling them Group SB 5. The "Ariosto" and "Raffaello" remained with the LVCI. They later became SFAI 381–382, RM 2019-2020 and FS 1181–1182.

Further reading

• Herbert Dietrich: Die Südbahn und ihre Vorläufer. Bohmann Verlag, Wien, 1994, ISBN 3-7002-0871-5
• Hans Peter Pawlik, Josef Otto Slezak: Südbahn-Lokomotiven. Verlag Slezak, Wien, 1987, ISBN 3-85416-102-6
• P.M. Kalla-Bishop: Italian State Railways Steam Locomotives. Tourret Publishing, Abingdon, 1986, ISBN 0-905878-03-5