#2067
LNER Class P1
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Doncaster Works· from 1925· class of 2 three-cylinder 2-8-2 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. LNER P1 No. 2394 in Petersborough: Unknown photographer· Public domain
what is it?
The London and North Eastern Railway Class P1 Mineral 2-8-2 Mikado was a class of two steam locomotives designed by Nigel Gresley. They were two of the most powerful freight locomotives ever designed for a British railway. It was initially intended they be a more powerful 2-10-0 version of the earlier Class O2 2-8-0s.
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 101 years ago, in 1925.
- Served for 20 years (1925–1945).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1925
- in service from
- 1925
- retired
- 1945
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Doncaster Works
- designer
- Sir Nigel Gresley
- operators
- London and North Eastern Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-2
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6459283, Wikipedia: LNER Class P1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.