#1800
SECR N class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Ashford Works· from 1917· class of 80 two-cylinder 2-6-0 locomotives
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- 1. N class Stephenson: The original uploader was Bulleid Pacific at English Wikipedia .· Public domain
- 2. N class 1412 breakdown train: The original uploader was Bulleid Pacific at English Wikipedia .· Public domain
what is it?
The SECR N class is a type of 2-6-0 ("mogul") steam locomotive designed in 1914 by Richard Maunsell for mixed-traffic duties on the South Eastern and Chatham Railway (SECR). Built between 1917 and 1934, it was the first non-Great Western Railway (GWR) type to use and improve upon the basic design principles established by GWR Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) George Jackson Churchward. The N class was based on the GWR 4300 Class design, improved with Midland Railway concepts.
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 109 years ago, in 1917.
- Weighs about as much as 17 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 17.4 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 49 years (1917–1966).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1917–1934
- in service from
- 1917
- retired
- 1966
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 80
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Ashford Works
- designer
- Richard Maunsell
- operators
- South Eastern and Chatham Railway, Southern Railway, British Rail, Southern Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-0
- length
- 17.4 m
- weight
- 105 t
- nicknames
- "Woolworths"
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7389609, Wikipedia: SECR N class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.