#1645
LNWR Claughton Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Crewe Works· from 1913· class of 130 four-cylinder simple 4-6-0 passenger locomotives
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3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. LNWR locomotive No. 2222 Sir Gilbert Claughton: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 2. LMS Enlarged Claughton class, 5986 (CJ Allen, Steel Highway, 1928): Andy Dingley (scanner)· Public domain
- 3. LNWR locomotive No. 2222 Sir Gilbert Claughton (cropped): Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) Claughton Class was a class of 4-cylinder express passenger 4-6-0 steam locomotives.
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 113 years ago, in 1913.
- Weighs about as much as 20 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 19.3 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 36 years (1913–1949).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1913–1921
- in service from
- 1913
- retired
- 1949
- status
- retired
- number built
- 130
- 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, London Midland Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-0
- length
- 19.3 m
- weight
- 119 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6459408, Wikipedia: LNWR Claughton Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.