#1256
L&YR railmotors
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Kerr, Stuart and Company· from 1905· UK rolling stock class
what is it?
The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) operated two classes of twenty steam railmotors in total.
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 121 years ago, in 1905.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 17.7 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 43 years (1905–1948).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1905
- in service from
- 1905
- retired
- 1948
- status
- retired
- number built
- 20
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Kerr, Stuart and Company
- operators
- Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 0-2-2T
- length
- 17.7 m
- weight
- 37.6 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6455479, Wikipedia: L&YR railmotors (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.