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LMS Fowler 2-6-4T
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Derby Works· from 1927· Sir Henry Fowler’s class of 125 large suburban tank locomotives
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1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. LMS suburban 2-6-4T locomotive, 2300 (CJ Allen, Steel Highway, 1928): Andy Dingley (scanner)· Public domain
what is it?
The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Fowler 2-6-4T was a class of steam locomotive passenger tank engine designed by Henry Fowler.
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 99 years ago, in 1927.
- 14.3 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 39 years (1927–1966).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1927–1934
- in service from
- 1927
- retired
- 1966
- status
- retired
- number built
- 125
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Derby Works
- designer
- Sir Henry Fowler
- operators
- London, Midland and Scottish Railway, British Rail, London Midland Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-4T
- length
- 14.3 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6459095, Wikipedia: LMS Fowler 2-6-4T (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.