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SECR L class
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Beyer, Peacock and Company· from 1914· class of 22 two-cylinder 4-4-0 locomotives
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- 1. L class 1914: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The SECR L class was a class of 4-4-0 steam tender locomotive built for express passenger service on the South Eastern and Chatham Railway. Although designed by Harry Wainwright, they were built during the Maunsell era.
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 112 years ago, in 1914.
- Weighs about as much as 10 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 17.1 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 47 years (1914–1961).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1914
- in service from
- 1914
- retired
- 1961
- status
- retired
- number built
- 22
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Beyer, Peacock and Company, Borsig
- designer
- Wainwright (with later alterations by Maunsell)
- operators
- Southern Railway, South Eastern and Chatham Railway, Southern Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0
- length
- 17.1 m
- weight
- 57.9 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7389611, Wikipedia: SECR L class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.