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LB&SCR J1 and J2 classes
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Brighton Works· from 1910· pair of similar two-cylinder 4-6-2T locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. LBSCR J1 class: J. N. Maskelyne· Public domain
what is it?
The LB&SCR J1 and J2 classes were 4-6-2 steam tank locomotives designed by D. E. Marsh for express passenger services 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 116 years ago, in 1910.
- Served for 41 years (1910–1951).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1910–1912
- in service from
- 1910
- retired
- 1951
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Brighton Works
- designer
- D.E. Marsh
- operators
- London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, Southern Railway, Southern Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-2
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6457264, Wikipedia: LB&SCR J1 and J2 classes (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.