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SR Q class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Eastleigh Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Works· from 1938· class of 20 two-cylinder 0-6-0 steam locomotives
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8 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Hugh llewelyn 30541 (7865329282): Hugh Llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. SR Q class 30548 at Fullerton Junction station (1964): Lamberhurst· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. 30514 Maunsell Q Class 0-6-0 Changing Ends At Half-Time - 54303165653: www.mgaylard.co.uk and thanks for looking· CC BY 2.0
- 4. 30514 Maunsell Q Class 0-6-0 Changing Ends At Half-Time - 54304214756: www.mgaylard.co.uk and thanks for looking· CC BY 2.0
- 5. 30514 Maunsell Q Class 0-6-0 Changing Ends At Half-Time - 54304466958: www.mgaylard.co.uk and thanks for looking· CC BY 2.0
- 6. 30514 Maunsell Q Class 0-6-0 Changing Ends At Half-Time - 54305029749: www.mgaylard.co.uk and thanks for looking· CC BY 2.0
- 7. 30514 Maunsell Q Class 0-6-0 Changing Ends At Half-Time 2019-12-29: www.mgaylard.co.uk and thanks for looking· CC BY 2.0
- 8. 30514 Maunsell Q Class 0-6-0 Changing Ends At Half-Time: www.mgaylard.co.uk and thanks for looking· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The Q Class is a type of 0-6-0 steam locomotive designed by Richard Maunsell of the Southern Railway and constructed immediately prior to the Second World War for use on medium-distance freight trains throughout the network. Twenty locomotives were built by Maunsell's successor, Oliver Bulleid, in 1938. The design was relatively old-fashioned and the class was soon afterwards eclipsed by Bulleid's own more powerful Q1 class.
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 88 years ago, in 1938.
- Weighs about as much as 8 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 16.2 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 27 years (1938–1965).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1938–1939
- in service from
- 1938
- retired
- 1965
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 20
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Eastleigh Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Works
- designer
- Richard Maunsell
- operators
- Southern Railway, British Rail, Southern Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
- length
- 16.2 m
- weight
- 49.8 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7392902, Wikipedia: SR Q class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.