#2470
LMS 2-Cylindered Stanier 2-6-4T
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Derby Works· from 1935· Stanier’s 2-cylinder design for general service
what is it?
Sir William Stanier's London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Class 4P 2-Cylinder 2-6-4T was a class of 206 steam locomotives built between 1935 and 1943.
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 91 years ago, in 1935.
- 14.3 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 32 years (1935–1967).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1935–1943
- in service from
- 1935
- retired
- 1967
- status
- retired
- number built
- 206
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Derby Works, North British Locomotive Company
- designer
- William Stanier
- operators
- London, Midland and Scottish Railway, British Rail, London Midland Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-4T
- length
- 14.3 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6459079, Wikipedia: LMS 2-Cylindered Stanier 2-6-4T (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.