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L&YR Class 28
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Horwich Works· from 1909· class of British 0-6-0 locomotives
what is it?
The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Class 28 was a class of 0-6-0 steam locomotive, designed by George Hughes for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR). It was a redesign of Aspinall's Class 27, with the addition of a superheater. The class consisted of both newly built locomotives as well as rebuilt Class 27 locomotives.
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 117 years ago, in 1909.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 14.9 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 56 years (1906–1962).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1909–1912
- in service from
- 1906
- retired
- 1962
- status
- retired
- number built
- 42
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Horwich Works
- designer
- George Hughes
- 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
- 14.9 m
- weight
- 44.7 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6455463, Wikipedia: L&YR Class 28 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.