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L&YR Class 26
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Horwich Works· from 1903· class of 20 British 2-6-2T locomotive
what is it?
The L&YR Class 26 was a class of 20 2-6-2T passenger steam locomotives of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway designed by Henry Hoy and introduced in 1903. Most passed to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) at the grouping in 1923 though they were withdrawn soon afterwards with none remaining in service after 1926.
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 123 years ago, in 1903.
- 12.8 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 23 years (1903–1926).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1903–1904
- in service from
- 1903
- retired
- 1926
- status
- retired
- number built
- 20
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Horwich Works
- designer
- Henry Hoy
- operators
- Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, London, Midland and Scottish Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-2
- length
- 12.8 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6455459, Wikipedia: L&YR Class 26 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.