#2794
LMS Fairburn 2-6-4T
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Derby Works· from 1945· Charles Fairburn's only design of steam locomotive
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7 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. LMS 2-6-4T 42085 & Jane CR Blue LHRa 08.05.76 edited-2: RuthAS· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. 41244 & 61306 at Low Moor shed: Wikimedia Commons· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. 42055 passing St. Dunstans: Wikimedia Commons· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. 42072 at Leeds City: Wikimedia Commons· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. 42072 Bradford Exchange: Wikimedia Commons· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. LMS Fairburn 42096 (8153238098): Hugh Llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 7. 42104 near Sanderstead (1960): Lamberhurst· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Fairburn Tank 2-6-4T is a class of steam locomotive. They were designed by Charles E. Fairburn for the LMS. 277 of these locomotives were built between 1945 and 1951, numbered in the range 42050–42186, (4)2187–(4)2299, (4)2673–(4)2699.
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 81 years ago, in 1945.
- 13.7 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1945–1951
- retired
- 1967
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 277
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Derby Works, Brighton Works
- designer
- Charles E. Fairburn
- operators
- London, Midland and Scottish Railway, British Rail, Southern Region of British Railways, London Midland Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-4T
- length
- 13.7 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6459092, Wikipedia: LMS Fairburn 2-6-4T (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.