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Metropolitan Railway K Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Armstrong Whitworth· from 1925· class of 6 British 2-6-4T locomotives build with parts manufactured by Woolwich Arsenal
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1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Metropolitan Railway 2-6-4T locomotive (CJ Allen, Steel Highway, 1928): Andy Dingley (scanner)· Public domain
what is it?
The Metropolitan Railway K Class consisted of six 2-6-4T steam locomotives, numbered 111 to 116.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 101 years ago, in 1925.
- Served for 23 years (1925–1948).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1925
- in service from
- 1925
- retired
- 1948
- status
- retired
- number built
- 6
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Armstrong Whitworth
- operators
- Metropolitan Railway, London and North Eastern Railway, Eastern Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-4T
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6825224, Wikipedia: Metropolitan Railway K Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.