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LNER Class A4 4483 Kingfisher
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Doncaster Works· from 1936· scrapped LNER Class A4 locomotive
what is it?
LNER Class A4 4483 Kingfisher was a Class A4 steam locomotive of the London and North Eastern Railway.
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 90 years ago, in 1936.
- Served for 30 years (1936–1966).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1936
- in service from
- 1936
- retired
- 1966
- status
- retired
- number built
- 35
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Doncaster Works
- operators
- London and North Eastern Railway, Scottish Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-2
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6459249, Wikipedia: LNER Class A4 4483 Kingfisher (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.