#0353
LB&SCR D2 class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Brighton Works· from 1876· class of 14 two-cylinder 0-4-2 locomotives
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- 1. Stroudley D2 Class: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The LB&SCR D2 class, 0-4-2 suburban passenger locomotives, were designed by William Stroudley of the London Brighton and South Coast Railway in 1876. They were developed from his successful "D-tank" class of 1873.
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 150 years ago, in 1876.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 31 years (1876–1907).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1876–1883
- in service from
- 1876
- retired
- 1907
- status
- retired
- number built
- 14
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Brighton Works
- designer
- William Stroudley
- operators
- London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-2
- weight
- 34.8 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6457240, Wikipedia: LB&SCR D2 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.