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LSWR 700 class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Dübs and Company· from 1897· class of 30 two-cylinder 0-6-0 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Class 700 at Surbiton: Barry Lewis· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The LSWR 700 class was a class of 30 0-6-0 steam locomotives designed for freight work. The class was designed by Dugald Drummond in 1897 for the London and South Western Railway in England and built by Dübs and Company at that company's Queen's Park works at Polmadie, Glasgow, Scotland.
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 129 years ago, in 1897.
- Served for 65 years (1897–1962).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1897
- in service from
- 1897
- retired
- 1962
- status
- retired
- number built
- 30
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Dübs and Company
- designer
- Dugald Drummond
- operators
- Southern Railway, London and South Western Railway, Southern Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
- nicknames
- Black Motor
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6460059, Wikipedia: LSWR 700 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.