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SECR E class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Ashford Works· from 1906· class of 26 two-cylinder 4-4-0 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SECR E Class: Official SECR photograph· Public domain
what is it?
The SECR E class was a class of 4-4-0 tender locomotives designed by Harry Wainwright for express passenger trains on the South Eastern and Chatham Railway. It was a larger version of the D class incorporating a Belpaire firebox.
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 120 years ago, in 1906.
- Weighs about as much as 9 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 16.8 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 54 years (1906–1960).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1906–1908
- in service from
- 1906
- retired
- 1960
- status
- retired
- number built
- 26
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Ashford Works
- designer
- Harry Wainwright
- operators
- South Eastern and Chatham Railway, Southern Railway, British Rail, Southern Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0
- length
- 16.8 m
- weight
- 52.8 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7389604, Wikipedia: SECR E class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.