#0893
LD&ECR Class C
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Kitson and Company· from 1897· class of 6 British 0-4-4T locomotives, later LNER class G3
what is it?
The LD&ECR class C (LNER Class G3) was a class of 0-4-4T steam locomotives of the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway. Six were built in 1897–98. They were the LD&ECR's only true passenger locomotives.
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 38 years (1897–1935).
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
- 1935
- status
- retired
- number built
- 6
- 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
- 0-4-4T
- length
- 9.1 m
- weight
- 50.8 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16996014, Wikipedia: LD&ECR Class C (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.