#1307
LNWR Precursor Tank Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Crewe Works· from 1906· class of 50 suburban 4-4-2T locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. LNWR locomotive No. 528 Precursor Tank: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) "Precursor Tank" Class was a type of 4-4-2 tank steam locomotive. Fifty were built to the design of George Whale between May 1906 and April 1909, being a tank engine version of his "Precursor" Class. Chronologically, the class was constructed three distinct blocks, from May to September 1906 (works nos.
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 120 years ago, in 1906.
- Weighs about as much as 13 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 34 years (1906–1940).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1906–1909
- in service from
- 1906
- retired
- 1940
- status
- retired
- number built
- 50
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Crewe Works
- designer
- George Whale
- operators
- London and North Western Railway, London, Midland and Scottish Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-2T
- weight
- 75.2 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6459419, Wikipedia: LNWR Precursor Tank Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.