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BR Standard Class 2 2-6-2T
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Crewe Works· from 1953· class of 30 two-cylinder 2-6-2T locomotives
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- 1. BR Standard Class 2 2-6-2T No. 84030 Conversion: Bradley Wurth· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. 84006 Nottingham MPD '63 (40724210440): Rob Hodgkins· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. 84030smallRSBR: Bluebellnutter ( talk )· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The British Railways standard class 2 2-6-2T was a class of steam locomotive, one of the standard classes of the 1950s.
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 73 years ago, in 1953.
- 11.6 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 13 years (1953–1966).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1953–1957
- in service from
- 1953
- retired
- 1966
- status
- retired
- number built
- 30
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Crewe Works, Darlington Works
- designer
- R. A. Riddles
- operators
- British Rail, Southern Region of British Railways, London Midland Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-2
- length
- 11.6 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4836469, Wikipedia: BR Standard Class 2 2-6-2T (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.