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SR E1/R class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Brighton Works· from 1927· class of 10 two cylinder 0-6-2T locomotives
what is it?
The Southern Railway E1/R was a class of 0-6-2T tank steam locomotive designed for light passenger and freight duties. They were rebuilt from earlier LB&SCR E1 class 0-6-0T locomotives originally built 1874–1883. The rebuilt locomotives were intended to be used in the West of England.
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 99 years ago, in 1927.
- 9.8 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 32 years (1927–1959).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1927
- in service from
- 1927
- retired
- 1959
- status
- retired
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Brighton Works
- designer
- Maunsell rebuilds of Stroudley locomotives
- operators
- Southern Railway, British Rail, Southern Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-2T
- length
- 9.8 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7392886, Wikipedia: SR E1/R class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.