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S&DR George England 2-4-0
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by George England and Company· from 1861· steam locomotive
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. S&DR George England 2-4-0 No. 13: Wikimedia Commons· Public domain
what is it?
The S&DR George England 2-4-0 were 2-4-0 steam locomotives built by George England for the Somerset and Dorset Railway (S&DR) and its predecessor, the Somerset Central Railway (SCR). There were frequent re-numberings, which explains the presence of two number 11s.
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 165 years ago, in 1861.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1861–1865
- number built
- 17
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- George England
- operators
- Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-4-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7386977, Wikipedia: S&DR George England 2-4-0 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.