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Midland Railway 2228 Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Dübs and Company· from 1895· class of British 0-4-4T locomotives
what is it?
The Midland Railway 2228 Class was a class of 0-4-4T side tank steam locomotive designed by Samuel Johnson.
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 131 years ago, in 1895.
- Served for 65 years (1895–1960).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1895–1900
- in service from
- 1895
- retired
- 1960
- status
- retired
- number built
- 50
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Dübs and Company, Derby Works
- designer
- Samuel Johnson
- operators
- Midland Railway, London, Midland and Scottish Railway, British Rail, London Midland Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-4T
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6842405, Wikipedia: Midland Railway 2228 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.