#1146
LNWR 1400 Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Crewe Works· from 1903· class of 30 four-cylinder compound 4-6-0 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. LNWR engine No.1400: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) 1400 Class, commonly known as Bill Baileys after the popular little music hall number "Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey", was a class of 4-cylinder 4-6-0 compound locomotives. Essentially a Class B compound 0-8-0 with different wheel arrangement, 30 were built starting in 1903, intended for a mixed traffic role. The first was withdrawn in 1913, with several more following during the First World War, cannibalised to keep Class Bs running.
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 123 years ago, in 1903.
- Served for 18 years (1903–1921).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1903–1905
- in service from
- 1903
- retired
- 1921
- status
- retired
- number built
- 30
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Crewe Works
- designer
- F. W. Webb
- operators
- London and North Western Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-0
- nicknames
- Bill Baileys
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6459383, Wikipedia: LNWR 1400 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.