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LB&SCR I2 class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Brighton Works· from 1907· two similar classes of 10 saturated (I2) and 5 superheated (I4) 4-4-2T locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. LBSCR I4: J. N. Maskelyne· Public domain
- 2. LB&SCR I2 class: Official LB&SCR photograph· Public domain
what is it?
The LBSCR I2 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. The I4 class were of the same design but incorporated a superheated boiler.
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 119 years ago, in 1907.
- Served for 40 years (1907–1947).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1907–1909
- in service from
- 1907
- retired
- 1947
- status
- retired
- number built
- 15
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Brighton Works
- designer
- D.E. Marsh
- operators
- Southern Railway, London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, War Department
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-2T
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6457261, Wikipedia: LB&SCR I2 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.