SR V class

what is it?

The SR V class, more commonly known as the Schools class, is a class of steam locomotive designed by Richard Maunsell for the Southern Railway. The class was a cut down version of his Lord Nelson class but also incorporated components from Urie and Maunsell's LSWR/SR King Arthur class. It was the last locomotive in Britain to be designed with a 4-4-0 wheel arrangement, and was the most powerful class of 4-4-0 ever produced in Europe.

who runs it

Southern RailwayBritish RailSRSouthern Region of British Railways

base stats

• built 40made 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 96 years ago, in 1930.
• 📏17.7 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
• ⌛Served for 32 years (1930–1962).

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

spec sheet

built

1930–1935

in service from

1930

retired

1962

status

preserved

number built

40

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

4-4-0

length

17.7 m

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