#1167
SECR F1 class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Ashford Works· from 1903· class of 76 two-cylinder 4-4-0 locomotives rebuilt from SER F class
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Dover Harbour station: Locomotive Publishing Co.· Public domain
what is it?
The SECR F1 class was a series of 4-4-0 steam locomotives operated by the South Eastern and Chatham Railway. These locomotives were rebuilt from older Stirling F class locomotives by Harry Wainwright between 1903 and 1919.
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 123 years ago, in 1903.
- Served for 46 years (1903–1949).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1903
- in service from
- 1903
- retired
- 1949
- status
- retired
- number built
- 76
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Ashford Works
- designer
- Harry Wainwright
- operators
- South Eastern and Chatham Railway, Southern Railway, Southern Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0
- nicknames
- Jumbo
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q17017422, Wikipedia: SECR F1 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.