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LMS Stanier 2-6-2T
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Derby Works· from 1935· Stanier's version of the suburban prairie tank locomotive
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Stanier 2-6-2 number 40142: Physiocrat· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Stanier Class 3P 2-6-2T was a class of London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) steam locomotive.
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.
- 12.5 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 27 years (1935–1962).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1935–1938
- in service from
- 1935
- retired
- 1962
- status
- retired
- number built
- 139
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Derby Works, Crewe Works
- designer
- William Stanier
- operators
- London, Midland and Scottish Railway, London Midland Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-2T
- length
- 12.5 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6459151, Wikipedia: LMS Stanier 2-6-2T (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.