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LNWR 1185 Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Crewe Works· from 1911· class of 30 0-8-2T locomotives
what is it?
The LNWR 1185 Class was a class of 0-8-2T steam tank locomotives designed by Charles Bowen-Cooke and introduced in 1911. They passed into LMS ownership in 1923 and 8 survived to British Railways ownership in 1948. British Railways numbers were 47875-47896 (with gaps).
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 115 years ago, in 1911.
- Weighs about as much as 12 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 42 years (1911–1953).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1911–1917
- in service from
- 1911
- retired
- 1953
- status
- retired
- number built
- 30
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Crewe Works
- designer
- Charles Bowen-Cooke
- operators
- London and North Western Railway, London, Midland and Scottish Railway, British Rail, London Midland Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 0-8-2T
- weight
- 73.2 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6459381, Wikipedia: LNWR 1185 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.