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LB&SCR K class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Brighton Works· from 1913· class of 17 two-cylinder 2-6-0 locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. LBSCR K class: LB&SCR Official photograph· Public domain
- 2. LB&SCR K class No. 337: Wikimedia Commons· Public domain
what is it?
The LB&SCR K class were powerful 2-6-0 mixed traffic locomotives designed by L. B. Billinton for the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR) in 1913. They appeared shortly before the First World War and the first ten examples of the class did prodigious work during that conflict on munitions, supply and troop trains. Further examples were built after the war, and the class was used as a test bed for various items of specialised equipment.
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 113 years ago, in 1913.
- 17.4 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 49 years (1913–1962).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1913–1921
- in service from
- 1913
- retired
- 1962
- status
- retired
- number built
- 17
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Brighton Works
- designer
- L. B. Billinton
- operators
- London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, Southern Railway, British Rail, Southern Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-0
- length
- 17.4 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6457265, Wikipedia: LB&SCR K class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.