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LCDR B class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Dübs and Company· from 1876· class of 6 two cylinder 0-6-0 locomotives
what is it?
The LCDR B class was a class of 0-6-0 steam locomotives of the London, Chatham and Dover Railway. The class was designed by William Kirtley and introduced in 1876. The locomotives passed to the South Eastern and Chatham Railway in 1899.
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 150 years ago, in 1876.
- Served for 39 years (1876–1915).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1876
- in service from
- 1876
- retired
- 1915
- status
- retired
- number built
- 6
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Dübs and Company
- designer
- William Kirtley
- operators
- London, Chatham and Dover Railway, South Eastern and Chatham Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16996004, Wikipedia: LCDR B class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.