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LB&SCR H1 class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Kitson and Company· from 1905· class of 5 two-cylinder 4-4-2 locomotives
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3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. LB&SCR 4-4-2 H1 locomotive 38 Portland Bill (Howden, Boys' Book of Locomotives, 1907): Andy Dingley (scanner)· Public domain
- 2. Atlantic-type Express Locomotive No. 37, London, Brighton & South Coast Railway: Unknown photographer· Public domain
- 3. LBSC H1 class: London Brighton & South Coast Railway· Public domain
what is it?
The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR) H1 class was a class of 4-4-2 steam locomotives for express passenger work. They were designed by D. E. Marsh and were built by Messrs Kitson and Company in 1905 and 1906.
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 18 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 46 years (1905–1951).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1905–1906
- in service from
- 1905
- retired
- 1951
- status
- retired
- number built
- 5
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Kitson and Company
- designer
- D. E. Marsh
- operators
- London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, Southern Railway, British Rail, Southern Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-2
- weight
- 108 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6457256, Wikipedia: LB&SCR H1 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.