#0311
LNWR Precedent Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Crewe Works· from 1874· class of 70 British 2-4-0 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. LNWR engine No.955, Charles Dickens: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The London and North Western Railway Precedent Class was a class of seventy 2-4-0 steam locomotives originally designed for express passenger work.
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 152 years ago, in 1874.
- Served for 60 years (1874–1934).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1874–1882
- in service from
- 1874
- retired
- 1934
- status
- retired
- number built
- 70
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Crewe Works
- designer
- F. W. Webb
- operators
- London, Midland and Scottish Railway, London and North Western Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-4-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q29654002, Wikipedia: LNWR Precedent Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.