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L&YR Class 2 (Aspinall)
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Beyer, Peacock and Company· from 1888· Aspinal’s class of 36 British 4-4-0 locomotives
what is it?
The L&YR Class 2 (Aspinall) was a class of 4-4-0 steam locomotives of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.
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 138 years ago, in 1888.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1888–1889
- retired
- 1935
- status
- retired
- number built
- 30
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Beyer, Peacock and Company
- designer
- John Aspinall
- operators
- Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, London, Midland and Scottish Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0
- length
- 7.3 m
- nicknames
- Peacocks
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6455464, Wikipedia: L&YR Class 2 (Aspinall) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.