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L&YR Class 30 (Hughes compound)
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Horwich Works· from 1904· class of 11 British 4-cylinder compound 0-8-0 locomotives
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- 1. LancashireandYorkshire 0-8-0 Engine: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The L&YR Class 30 (Hughes compound) was a class of 0-8-0 steam locomotives of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, designed by George Hughes. The prototype was rebuilt from an Aspinall Class 30 locomotive in 1904. Ten new locomotives were built in 1907.
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 122 years ago, in 1904.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1904–1907
- retired
- 1927
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Horwich Works
- designer
- George Hughes
- operators
- Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, London, Midland and Scottish Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-8-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6455468, Wikipedia: L&YR Class 30 (Hughes compound) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.