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LNWR 18in Tank Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Crewe Works· from 1898· class of 80 British 0-6-2T locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. LNWR engine No.1597, 5ft 3in 0-6-2 Tank: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The LNWR 18-inch Tank class was a class of 80 0-6-2T locomotives built by the London and North Western Railway in their Crewe Works between 1898 and 1902. They were also known officially as the 5ft 3in Tank Class or unofficially as the Watford Tank Class.
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 128 years ago, in 1898.
- Served for 55 years (1898–1953).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1898–1902
- in service from
- 1898
- retired
- 1953
- status
- retired
- number built
- 80
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Crewe Works
- designer
- F. W. Webb
- operators
- London and North Western Railway, London, Midland and Scottish Railway, British Rail, London Midland Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-2T
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q60791023, Wikipedia: LNWR 18in Tank Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.