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L&YR Class 8
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Horwich Works· from 1908· class of 75 British four-cylinder 4-6-0 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Britishsteamrail00ahro-p358-L&YR-Class8: E. L. Ahrons· Public domain
what is it?
The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) Class 8 was a four-cylinder 4-6-0 express passenger locomotive designed by George Hughes introduced in 1908.
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 118 years ago, in 1908.
- Served for 43 years (1908–1951).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1908–1909
- in service from
- 1908
- retired
- 1951
- status
- retired
- number built
- 75
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Horwich Works
- designer
- George Hughes
- operators
- London, Midland and Scottish Railway, Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, London Midland Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6455477, Wikipedia: L&YR Class 8 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.