#0686
LNWR 5ft 6in Tank Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Crewe Works· from 1890· class of 160 British 2-4-2T locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. LNWR engine No.1384 5 foot 6: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 2. LNWR 5ft 6in 2-4-2 Tank: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The LNWR 5ft 6in Tank was a class of 160 passenger 2-4-2T locomotives manufactured by the London and North Western Railway in their Crewe Works between 1890 and 1897. The "5ft 6in" in the title referred to the diameter of the driving wheels – although the stated dimension was for the wheel centres – the nominal diameter including the tyres was 5 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,740 mm).
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 136 years ago, in 1890.
- Served for 65 years (1890–1955).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1890–1897
- in service from
- 1890
- retired
- 1955
- status
- retired
- number built
- 160
- 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, Longmoor Military Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-4-2T
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q60794397, Wikipedia: LNWR 5ft 6in Tank Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.