#0958
London Underground tube-gauge steam locomotives
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Hunslet Engine Company· from 1899
what is it?
Tube-gauge steam locomotives may appear to be an unlikely possibility, because of the problems of using such a machine in the confines of a tunnel less than 12-foot (3.7 m) in diameter, but the London Underground had three such vehicles over the years. Two were built by the Hunslet Engine Company in 1899, and the third by Kerr, Stuart and Company in 1922.
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 127 years ago, in 1899.
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 1899
- retired
- 1923
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Hunslet Engine Company
- operators
- Central London Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6670978, Wikipedia: London Underground tube-gauge steam locomotives (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.