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LMS Class 2P 4-4-0
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Derby Works· from 1928· class of 138 two-cylinder 4-4-0 locomotives
7 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Manchester Victoria 4 railway 2122732 16e2b092: Ben Brooksbank· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. Kilmarnock railway station 2122849 83c1aa47: Ben Brooksbank· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. Chilcompton S and D railway 2121992 9ea2e7a0: Ben Brooksbank· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 4. Midsomer Norton South Station 2122053 b4447ba8: Ben Brooksbank· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. Penrith railway 2122631 85cb198d: Ben Brooksbank· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 6. Shirebrook West railway station 2122691 64a225c7: Ben Brooksbank· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 7. 1. Northampton 1962 copy: Geoffrey Skelsey· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The London, Midland and Scottish Railway Class 2P 4-4-0 was a class of steam locomotive designed for light 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 98 years ago, in 1928.
- 16.5 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 34 years (1928–1962).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1928–1932
- in service from
- 1928
- retired
- 1962
- status
- retired
- number built
- 138
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Derby Works, Crewe Works
- designer
- Henry Fowler
- operators
- London, Midland and Scottish Railway, British Rail, London Midland Region of British Railways, Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0
- length
- 16.5 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q12061343, Wikipedia: LMS Class 2P 4-4-0 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.