Locomotives LVCI 79-90

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

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.

Names

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

Ownership changes

The Sudbahn 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