#2797
LNER Thompson Class L1
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Doncaster Works· from 1945· class of 100 British 2-6-4T locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Hertford East Station 2019721: Ben Brooksbank· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. Nottingham Victoria railway station 2098289 c7d9889d: Ben Brooksbank· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) Thompson Class L1 was a class of 2-6-4T type steam locomotives designed by Edward Thompson. The prototype no. 9000 was built in 1945, but the remaining 99 were built under British Railways jurisdiction between 1948 and 1950.
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 81 years ago, in 1945.
- 13.1 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 17 years (1945–1962).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1945–1950
- in service from
- 1945
- retired
- 1962
- status
- retired
- number built
- 100
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Doncaster Works, North British Locomotive Company, Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns, Darlington Works
- designer
- Edward Thompson
- operators
- London and North Eastern Railway, British Rail, Eastern Region of British Railways, North Eastern Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-4
- length
- 13.1 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q17015450, Wikipedia: LNER Thompson Class L1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.