#2996
BR Standard Class 6
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Crewe Works· from 1951· class of 10 two-cylinder 4-6-2 locomotives
4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Carluke railway 2054503 4ed09952: Ben Brooksbank· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. 72009 Clan Stewart at Leeds Holbeck 1960s 2: shipley43 https://www.flickr.com/photos/27148401@N06· CC BY 2.0
- 3. 72009 Clan Stewart at Leeds Holbeck 1960s: shipley43· CC BY 2.0
- 4. 72010 Main Frames: Ianh01· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The BR Standard Class 6, otherwise known as the Clan Class, was a class of 4-6-2 "Pacific" tender steam locomotive designed by Robert Riddles for use by British Railways. Ten locomotives were constructed between 1951 and 1952, with a further 15 planned for construction. However, due to acute steel shortages in Britain, the order was continually postponed until it was finally cancelled on the publication of the 1955 Modernisation Plan for the re-equipment of British Railways.
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 75 years ago, in 1951.
- 20.7 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 15 years (1951–1966).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1951–1952
- in service from
- 1951
- retired
- 1966
- status
- retired
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Crewe Works
- designer
- Robert Riddles at BR Derby
- operators
- British Rail, Scottish Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-2
- length
- 20.7 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4836482, Wikipedia: BR Standard Class 6 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.