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LNWR Class B
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Crewe Works· from 1901· class of 170 four-cylinder compound 0-8-0 goods locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. LNWR locomotive No. 1881 B: Unknown photographer· Public domain
what is it?
The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) Class B was a class of 0-8-0 steam locomotives introduced in 1901. A development of the three-cylinder compound Class A (though this letter classification was not introduced until 1911), they had a 4-cylinder compound arrangement. 170 were built between 1901 and 1904.
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 125 years ago, in 1901.
- Weighs about as much as 9 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 27 years (1901–1928).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1901–1904
- in service from
- 1901
- retired
- 1928
- status
- retired
- number built
- 170
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Crewe Works
- designer
- Francis Webb
- operators
- London and North Western Railway, London, Midland and Scottish Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-8-0
- weight
- 53.8 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6459396, Wikipedia: LNWR Class B (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.