LSWR H15 class

what is it?

The LSWR/SR H15 class was a class of 2-cylinder 4-6-0 steam locomotives designed by Robert Urie for mixed-traffic duties on the LSWR. Further batches were constructed by Richard Maunsell for the Southern Railway after 1923. They were given the nickname of "Junior King Arthur" due to the size of their driving wheels, with those on the S15 and their N15 counterparts being 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) and 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) diameters respectively.

who runs it

Southern RailwaySRSouthern Region of British RailwaysLALondon and South Western Railway

base stats

• built 26made in total

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 112 years ago, in 1914.
• 📏19.8 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
• ⌛Served for 47 years (1914–1961).

steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.

spec sheet

built

1914–1925

in service from

1914

retired

1961

status

retired

number built

26

kind

Steam

traction

steam

origin

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

builders

Eastleigh Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Works

designer

Robert Urie

operators

Southern Railway, Southern Region of British Railways, London and South Western Railway

top speed

—

power

—

wheel arrangement

4-6-0

length

19.8 m

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.