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LMS Stanier Mogul
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Crewe Works· from 1933· W.A. Stanier’s class of forty 2-6-0 locomotives
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7 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Hugh llewelyn 42968 (7030162161): Hugh Llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. 13268-Bewdley: Br2008128· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. 1934-built Stanier 'Mogul' 42968 awaits a night departure from Kidderminster, 2008. - panoramio: Roger Carvell· CC BY 3.0
- 4. 2968 At Bridgenorth shed: Les Chatfield from Brighton, England· CC BY 2.0
- 5. 42968 arriving at Highley (8088059687): Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK· CC BY 2.0
- 6. 42968 arriving at Highley 2 (8088063215): Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK· CC BY 2.0
- 7. 42968 arriving at Highley 3 (8088067645): Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Stanier Class 5 2-6-0 or Stanier Mogul is a class of 2-6-0 mixed traffic steam locomotives. Forty were built between October 1933 and March 1934.
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 93 years ago, in 1933.
- 18 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 34 years (1933–1967).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1933–1934
- in service from
- 1933
- retired
- 1967
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 40
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Crewe Works
- designer
- William Stanier
- 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
- 18 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6459175, Wikipedia: LMS Stanier Mogul (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.