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LNWR Class G1
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Crewe Works· from 1901· class of 448 two-cylinder 0-8-0 goods locomotives – 170 new and 278 rebuilt from classes B, C, D, E, F, and G
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. LNWR locomotive No. 1384 G1: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 2. LNWR G1 No. 2551: Unknown photographer· Public domain
what is it?
The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) Class G1 was a class of 0-8-0 steam locomotives. It was a superheated version of the LNWR Class G with 8 inch piston valves. The prototype was rebuilt in 1912 from No.
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 10 African elephants (~6 t each).
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
- 1912
- status
- retired
- number built
- 896
- 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
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-8-0
- weight
- 61 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16992588, Wikipedia: LNWR Class G1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.