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LNWR Dreadnought Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Crewe Works· from 1884· class of 40 British 2-2-2-0 locomotives
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. LNWR engine No.507 'Marchioness of Stafford': Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 2. LNWR Dreadnought 1353 City of Edinburgh: Autor/in unbekannt· CC0
- 3. LNWR Greater Britain Class No. 525 Princess May & LNWR Dreadnought Class No. 644 Vesuvius: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The LNWR Dreadnought class was a class of 40 passenger three-cylinder compound 2-2-2-0 locomotives designed by F. W. Webb for the London and North Western Railway, and manufactured by them in their Crewe Works between 1884 and 1888. The railway also commissioned the Beyer, Peacock and Company to construct an additional locomotive of the design for the Pennsylvania Railroad.
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 142 years ago, in 1884.
- Served for 21 years (1884–1905).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1884–1888
- in service from
- 1884
- retired
- 1905
- status
- retired
- number built
- 40
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Crewe Works
- designer
- Francis Webb
- operators
- London and North Western Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-2-2-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q24232017, Wikipedia: LNWR Dreadnought Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.