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LMS Ivatt Class 2 2-6-0
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Crewe Works· from 1946· class of 128 British 2-6-0 locomotives
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. LMS Ivatt Class 2MT 2-6-0 no. 46443 at Severn Valley Railway: Wikimedia Commons· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. LMS Ivatt Class 2MT 46441 at Crewe Works: Wikimedia Commons· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. LMS Ivatt Class 2 46428: TheRowdyruffBoys· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. LMS Ivatt Class 2 2-6-0 46521 Locomotive Great Central Autumn Steam Gala 2022: BWard 1997· CC BY 3.0
- 5. 46406 Tysley MPD '64 (31079210181): Rob Hodgkins· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 6. LMS Ivatt 46412 (8154080220): Hugh Llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 7. Gloucester Eastgate 5 railway station 2101460 31a54eca: Ben Brooksbank· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 8. Hugh llewelyn 46515 (7857997310): Hugh Llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 9. Ifton Heath coal yard and wharf (1465414): Geoff Charles· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. 46447 and Sentinel shunter 10218 'PBA 39' at The East Somerset Railway, Cranmore 16 09 21 (51483560231): Foulger Railway Photography from UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Ivatt Class 2 2-6-0 is a class of steam locomotive designed for light mixed traffic.
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 80 years ago, in 1946.
- 16.2 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1946–1953
- retired
- 1967
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 128
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Crewe Works, Swindon Works, Darlington Works
- designer
- H. G. Ivatt
- operators
- London, Midland and Scottish Railway, British Rail, London Midland Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-0
- length
- 16.2 m
- nicknames
- Mickey Mouse
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6459105, Wikipedia: LMS Ivatt Class 2 2-6-0 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.
