#1918
LSWR H16 class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Eastleigh Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Works· from 1921· class of 5 two-cylinder 4-6-2T locomotives
what is it?
The LSWR H16 class were five 4-6-2T tank locomotives designed by Robert Urie for the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) in 1921–1922. They were the last new design for the LSWR and their only Pacific-type design.
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 105 years ago, in 1921.
- 14 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 41 years (1921–1962).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1921–1922
- in service from
- 1921
- retired
- 1962
- status
- retired
- number built
- 5
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Eastleigh Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Works
- operators
- London and South Western Railway, Southern Railway, British Rail, Southern Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-2T
- length
- 14 m
- nicknames
- Green Tanks
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6460076, Wikipedia: LSWR H16 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.