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SECR D class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Dübs and Company· from 1901· class of 51 two-cylinder 4-4-0 locomotives
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what is it?
The SECR D class is a class of 4-4-0 tender locomotives designed by Harry Wainwright for the South Eastern and Chatham Railway.
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 125 years ago, in 1901.
- Weighs about as much as 8 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 61 years (1901–1962).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1901–1907
- in service from
- 1901
- retired
- 1962
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 51
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Dübs and Company, Sharp, Stewart and Company, Robert Stephenson and Company, Vulcan Foundry, Ashford Works
- designer
- Harry Wainwright
- operators
- South Eastern and Chatham Railway, Southern Railway, British Rail, Southern Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0
- weight
- 50.8 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7389603, Wikipedia: SECR D class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.