#0307
LB&SCR E1 class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Brighton Works· from 1874· class of 80 two-cylinder 0-6-0T locomotives
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8 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Isle of Wight Steam Railway 74: Simon Burchell· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. UK Railtours, The Angel of Bedlam 11: The Basingstoker· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. UK Railtours, The Angel of Bedlam 13: The Basingstoker· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 4. Yarmouth (10344727215): Andrew Bowden from London, United Kingdon· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. Newport (IoW) station (1936): Lamberhurst· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Southern Railway 110: Rene Gourley· CC BY 2.0
- 7. The marsh rebuild E1x: Dave Searle Collection· Public domain
- 8. 928, E1 32110 and 68005 Saddle Tank at Cranmore on The East Somserset Railway on 16 Sep 1979: The Basingstoker· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway E1 Class were 0-6-0T steam locomotives designed by William Stroudley in 1874 for short-distance goods and piloting duties. They were originally classified E, and generally known as "E-tanks"; They were reclassified E1 in the time of D. E. 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 152 years ago, in 1874.
- 9.8 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 87 years (1874–1961).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1874–1891
- in service from
- 1874
- retired
- 1961
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 80
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Brighton Works
- designer
- William Stroudley
- 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
- length
- 9.8 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6457243, Wikipedia: LB&SCR E1 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.