#2257
LMS Class 7F 0-8-0
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Crewe Works· from 1929· class of 175 two-cylinder 0-8-0 locomotives
what is it?
The London, Midland and Scottish Railway Fowler Class 7F was a class of 0-8-0 steam locomotives. They were a Midlandised version of the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) Class G2 and Class G2A 0-8-0 s. They were also classified as Class G3 under the former LNWR system.
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 97 years ago, in 1929.
- 17.1 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 33 years (1929–1962).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1929–1932
- in service from
- 1929
- retired
- 1962
- status
- retired
- number built
- 175
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Crewe Works
- operators
- London, Midland and Scottish Railway, London Midland Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-8-0
- length
- 17.1 m
- nicknames
- Baby Austins, Austin Sevens
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6459088, Wikipedia: LMS Class 7F 0-8-0 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.