#1958
SECR N1 class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Ashford Works· from 1922· class of 6 three-cylinder 2-6-0 locomotives
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what is it?
The SECR N1 class was a type of 3-cylinder 2-6-0 ('mogul') steam locomotive designed by Richard Maunsell for mixed traffic duties, initially on the South Eastern and Chatham Railway (SECR), and later operated for the Southern Railway (SR). The N1 was a development of the basic principles established by the Great Western Railway's (GWR) Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) George Jackson Churchward and by Maunsell's previous N class design. The N1 prototype was the result of modifications made to N class No.
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 104 years ago, in 1922.
- Weighs about as much as 18 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 17.4 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 40 years (1922–1962).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1922–1934
- in service from
- 1922
- retired
- 1962
- status
- retired
- number built
- 6
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Ashford Works
- designer
- Richard Maunsell
- operators
- Southern Railway, Southern Region of British Railways, South Eastern and Chatham Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-0 ('mogul')
- length
- 17.4 m
- weight
- 108 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7389610, Wikipedia: SECR N1 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.