#0273
South Devon Railway Leopard class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Avonside Engine Company· from 1872· class of 4 British broad-gauge 4-4-0ST locomotives
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what is it?
The Leopard class were four 4-4-0ST broad gauge locomotives designed for passenger trains but were also used on goods trains when required. They were built by the Avonside Engine Company for the South Devon Railway, but also operated on its associated railways. Although designed for easy conversion to standard gauge this was never carried out.
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 154 years ago, in 1872.
- Served for 21 years (1872–1893).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1872–1875
- in service from
- 1872
- retired
- 1893
- status
- retired
- number built
- 4
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Avonside Engine Company
- operators
- South Devon Railway, Great Western Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 2,140 mm Brunel broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7567050, Wikipedia: South Devon Railway Leopard class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.