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LSWR 318 class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Beyer, Peacock and Company· from 1875· class of 6 British 4-4-0T locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. LSWR 318 Class, No.318: ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv / Fotograf: Unbekannt / Ans_05373-0606 / Public Domain Mark· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The LSWR 318 class (also known as 'Plymouth' or 'Metropolitan' tanks) was a class of six passenger 4-4-0 tank locomotives supplied by Beyer, Peacock and Company in 1875 for the newly completed Exeter-Plymouth line. They proved to be unsuited to the task for which they were purchased, but were found alternative employments elsewhere on the system.
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 151 years ago, in 1875.
- Served for 38 years (1875–1913).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1875
- in service from
- 1875
- retired
- 1913
- status
- retired
- number built
- 6
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Beyer, Peacock and Company
- operators
- London and South Western Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q112145097, Wikipedia: LSWR 318 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.