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Midland Railway 1121 Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Derby Works· from 1895· class of 55 British 0-6-0T locomotives
what is it?
The Midland Railway 1121 class was a class of 0-6-0T tank locomotives designed by Samuel W. Johnson for the Midland Railway. Fifty-five were built between 1895 and 1900: ten by the railway company's Derby Works, five by Sharp, Stewart and Company, and the remaining forty by Robert Stephenson and Company.
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 131 years ago, in 1895.
- Served for 68 years (1895–1963).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1895–1899
- in service from
- 1895
- retired
- 1963
- status
- retired
- number built
- 55
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Derby Works, Sharp, Stewart and Company, Robert Stephenson and Company
- designer
- Samuel W. Johnson
- operators
- London, Midland and Scottish Railway, Midland Railway, London Midland Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0T
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q28840552, Wikipedia: Midland Railway 1121 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.