#1303
LB&SCR I1 class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Brighton Works· from 1906· class of 20 two-cylinder 4-4-2T locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. LBSCR I1 class: W.G. Tilling· Public domain
what is it?
The LB&SCR I1 class was a class of 4-4-2 steam tank locomotives designed by D. E. Marsh for suburban passenger service on the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway.
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 11 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 44 years (1907–1951).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1906–1907
- in service from
- 1907
- retired
- 1951
- status
- retired
- number built
- 20
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Brighton Works
- designer
- D. E. Marsh
- operators
- Southern Railway, London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, Southern Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-2T
- weight
- 67.1 t
- nicknames
- Wankers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6457260, Wikipedia: LB&SCR I1 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.