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LB&SCR B1 class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Brighton Works· from 1882· class of 36 two-cylinder 0-4-2 locomotives
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9 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. RAILFEST AT YORK JUNE 2012 (7168897517): calflier001· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. Heraldics for royal train: Reinhard Dietrich· Public domain
- 3. LB&SCR B1 192 (Jacomb-Hood): Unknown author Unknown author . In order to try and ascertain the author, I emailed the owner of the photo and am awaiting a response (as of 29-07-25). The author is not listed online anywhere, and th· Public domain
- 4. 2026-04-15 - National Railway Museum, York - 05: jacquemart· CC0
- 5. 2026-04-15 - National Railway Museum, York - 06: jacquemart· CC0
- 6. B-UK-F-LUX 2012 277 York - National Railway Museum: KlausNahr· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 7. B-UK-F-LUX 2012 303 York - National Railway Museum: KlausNahr· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 8. B-UK-F-LUX 2012 304 York - National Railway Museum: KlausNahr· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 9. Brighton Steam - "Gladstone": Barry Lewis· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway B1 Class is a class of 0-4-2 express passenger steam locomotives, known from the name of the first, No. 214, as the "Gladstones".
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 144 years ago, in 1882.
- Served for 51 years (1882–1933).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1882–1891
- in service from
- 1882
- retired
- 1933
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 36
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Brighton Works
- designer
- William Stroudley
- operators
- Southern Railway, London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-2
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6457228, Wikipedia: LB&SCR B1 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.