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LB&SCR C3 class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Brighton Works· from 1906· class of 10 two-cylinder 0-6-0 locomotives
what is it?
The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway C3 class was a class of 0-6-0 steam locomotives, intended for heavy freight trains. Ten were built by Brighton railway works in 1906 to the design of Douglas Earle Marsh.
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 120 years ago, in 1906.
- Weighs about as much as 8 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 46 years (1906–1952).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1906
- in service from
- 1906
- retired
- 1952
- status
- retired
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Brighton Works
- designer
- Douglas Earle Marsh
- operators
- London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, Southern Railway, British Rail, Southern Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
- weight
- 45.7 t
- nicknames
- Horsham Goods
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6457235, Wikipedia: LB&SCR C3 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.