#2304
LNER Class V1/V3
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Doncaster Works· from 1930· classes of 82+10 three-cylinder 2-6-2T locomotives (V1 saturated, V3 superheated)
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Middlesbrough Locomotive Depot 2073640 67fec7c0: Ben Brooksbank· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. Air Raid Damage in Britain- Middlesborough HU36194: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) Class V1 and Class V3 were two classes of related 2-6-2T steam locomotive designed by Sir Nigel Gresley. A total of 82 V1s were built with 71 being rebuilt into the higher pressure V3s with an additional ten being built as V3s from the final batch of V1s. The V3 was a development of the V1 with increased boiler pressure and a resultant increase in tractive effort.
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 96 years ago, in 1930.
- Weighs about as much as 10 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 34 years (1930–1964).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1930–1939
- in service from
- 1930
- retired
- 1964
- status
- retired
- number built
- 92
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Doncaster Works
- designer
- Nigel Gresley
- operators
- London and North Eastern Railway, British Rail, Eastern Region of British Railways, North Eastern Region of British Railways, Scottish Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-2T
- weight
- 58 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6459289, Wikipedia: LNER Class V1/V3 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.