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LD&ECR Class A
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Kitson and Company· from 1895· class of 18 British 0-6-2T locomotives, later LNER class N6
what is it?
The LD&ECR class A (LNER Class N6) was a class of 0-6-2T steam locomotives of the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway. An initial batch of eight was ordered and built in 1895. An order for 15 more was placed in 1899 but five of these were not delivered because the LD&ECR was unable to pay for them.
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 131 years ago, in 1895.
- Weighs about as much as 10 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 43 years (1895–1938).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1895–1900
- in service from
- 1895
- retired
- 1938
- status
- retired
- number built
- 18
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Kitson and Company
- designer
- Kitson & Co.
- operators
- Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway, Great Central Railway, London and North Eastern Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-2T
- weight
- 58.9 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6457476, Wikipedia: LD&ECR Class A (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.