#1471
LNWR George the Fifth Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Crewe Works· from 1910· class of 90 two-cylinder 4-4-0 passenger locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. LNWR locomotive No. 2663 George the Fifth: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) George the Fifth Class was a class of 4-4-0 passenger steam locomotive.
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 116 years ago, in 1910.
- Served for 38 years (1910–1948).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1910–1915
- in service from
- 1910
- retired
- 1948
- status
- retired
- number built
- 90
- 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
- 4-4-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6459412, Wikipedia: LNWR George the Fifth Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.