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LNWR Webb Precursor Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Crewe Works· from 1874· F. W. Webb’s class of 40 two-cylinder simple 2-4-0 steam locomotives, built 1874–1879
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- 1. LNWR engine No.680 'Giffard': Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) Precursor class was a class of forty 2-4-0 steam locomotives designed by F. W. Webb and built at the railway's Crewe Works between 1874 and 1879.
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 21 years (1874–1895).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1874–1879
- in service from
- 1874
- retired
- 1895
- status
- retired
- number built
- 40
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Crewe Works
- designer
- F. W. Webb
- operators
- 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 Q29855911, Wikipedia: LNWR Webb Precursor Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.