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LB&SCR D3 class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Brighton Works· from 1892· class of 36 two-cylinder 0-4-4T locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Three Bridges station with LBSCR D3: Lamberhurst· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
LB&SCR D3 class was a class of 0-4-4T tank locomotives designed by R. J. Billinton for the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR) between 1892 and 1896. They were built for working passenger trains along country and main lines.
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 134 years ago, in 1892.
- Weighs about as much as 9 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 63 years (1892–1955).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1892–1896
- in service from
- 1892
- retired
- 1955
- status
- retired
- number built
- 36
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Brighton Works
- designer
- R. J. Billinton
- operators
- London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, Southern Railway, British Rail, Southern Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-4T
- weight
- 52.8 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6457241, Wikipedia: LB&SCR D3 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.