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LMS Hughes Crab
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Horwich Works· from 1926· G. Hughes’s class of 245 two-cylinder 2-6-0 locomotives
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. LMS Hughes Crab, 13065 (CJ Allen, Steel Highway, 1928): Andy Dingley (scanner)· Public domain
- 2. LMS Hughes Crab: James E. Petts· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Hughes Crab or Horwich Mogul is a class of mixed-traffic 2-6-0 steam locomotive built between 1926 and 1932. They are noted for their appearance with large steeply-angled cylinders to accommodate a restricted loading gauge.
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 100 years ago, in 1926.
- 18 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 41 years (1926–1967).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1926–1932
- in service from
- 1926
- retired
- 1967
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 245
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Horwich Works, Crewe Works
- designer
- George Hughes
- operators
- London, Midland and Scottish Railway, British Rail, London Midland Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-0
- length
- 18 m
- nicknames
- Crab
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6459103, Wikipedia: LMS Hughes Crab (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.