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L&YR Class 27
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Horwich Works· from 1889· class of 484 British 0-6-0 locomotives
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 27 class 1300 at Buckley Wells: David Ingham· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. Brecon 2 railway station 1891736 f6a793a8: Ben Brooksbank· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. Manchester Victoria 8 Station 2028159: Ben Brooksbank· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 4. Oldham Lees '52345' 6011: Industrial Wales· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. 12322 At Ramsbottom Station: ARG_Flickr· CC BY 2.0
- 6. 12322LB01: Lesbardd· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. 30I06I2018 Spa Valley Railway Summer Transport Festival A2: PeterSkuce· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. 30I06I2018 Spa Valley Railway Summer Transport Festival A3: PeterSkuce· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. 30I06I2018 Spa Valley Railway Summer Transport Festival C1: PeterSkuce· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. 30I06I2018 Spa Valley Railway Summer Transport Festival C2: PeterSkuce· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Class 27 is a class of 0-6-0 steam locomotive designed for freight work on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR).
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 137 years ago, in 1889.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 14.6 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1889–1918
- retired
- 1962
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 484
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Horwich Works
- designer
- John Aspinall
- operators
- Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, London, Midland and Scottish Railway, British Rail
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
- length
- 14.6 m
- weight
- 42.7 t
- nicknames
- "A Class"
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6455461, Wikipedia: L&YR Class 27 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.