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LNER Peppercorn Class A2
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Doncaster Works· from 1947· class of 15 British 4-6-2 locomotives
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- 1. Hugh llewelyn 60532 (5371150220): Hugh Llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. 30075 and 60532 at Barrow Hill: TheJRB· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. 532 Didcot Railway Centre - 29585802663: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 4. 532 Didcot Railway Centre - 29919327980: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. 532 Didcot Railway Centre: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 6. 60009barrowhill1: Steel city ady at en.wikipedia· Public domain
what is it?
The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) Peppercorn Class A2 is a class of steam locomotive designed for mixed-traffic work by Arthur Peppercorn, the chief designer of the LNER after Edward Thompson. All save the first of the 15 built were constructed under British Railways after nationalisation in 1948. Only one example is preserved.
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 79 years ago, in 1947.
- 21.6 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 19 years (1947–1966).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1947–1948
- in service from
- 1947
- retired
- 1966
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 15
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Doncaster Works
- designer
- Arthur Peppercorn
- operators
- London and North Eastern Railway, British Rail, Scottish Region of British Railways, North Eastern Region of British Railways, Eastern Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-2
- length
- 21.6 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6459308, Wikipedia: LNER Peppercorn Class A2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.