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LB&SCR E3 class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Brighton Works· from 1891· class of 17 two-cylinder 0-6-2T locomotives
4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. LB&SCR E3 class 0-6-2T Bishopstone: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK· CC BY 2.0
- 2. 168-Southborough-a: Dave Searle· Public domain
- 3. E3 class: F. Burtt· Public domain
- 4. LB&SCR E3 class No. 456 Aldingbourne: Wikimedia Commons· Public domain
what is it?
The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway E3 class were 0-6-2T side tank steam locomotives. One prototype was designed by William Stroudley shortly before his death, but was completed by R. J. Billinton, who later built sixteen further locomotives.
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 135 years ago, in 1891.
- Weighs about as much as 9 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 68 years (1891–1959).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1891–1895
- in service from
- 1891
- retired
- 1959
- status
- retired
- number built
- 17
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Brighton Works
- designer
- William Stroudley (prototype), later R. J. Billinton
- operators
- London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, Southern Railway, British Rail, Southern Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-2T
- weight
- 56.9 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6457246, Wikipedia: LB&SCR E3 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.