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LD&ECR Class B
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Kitson and Company· from 1897· class of 4 British 0-6-0T locomotives, later LNER class J60
what is it?
The LD&ECR Class B (LNER Class J60) was a class of 0-6-0T steam locomotives of the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway. Four examples were built in 1897. Three were normally based at Langwith Junction, while the other was at Tuxford.
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 129 years ago, in 1897.
- Weighs about as much as 8 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 9.1 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 51 years (1897–1948).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1897
- in service from
- 1897
- retired
- 1948
- status
- retired
- number built
- 4
- 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
- 0-6-0
- length
- 9.1 m
- weight
- 46.7 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16996012, Wikipedia: LD&ECR Class B (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.