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LD&ECR Class D
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Kitson and Company· from 1904· class of 9 British 0-6-4T locomotives, later LNER class M1
what is it?
The LD&ECR Class D was a class of nine 0-6-4T steam locomotives supplied to the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway in 1904 and 1906 by Kitson & Co. of Leeds. They later became the property of the Great Central Railway and finally the London and North Eastern Railway, upon which they were known as Class M1.
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 122 years ago, in 1904.
- Weighs about as much as 13 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 12.5 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 43 years (1904–1947).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1904–1906
- in service from
- 1904
- retired
- 1947
- status
- retired
- number built
- 9
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Kitson and Company
- designer
- Robert Absalom Thom
- 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
- 0-6-4T
- length
- 12.5 m
- weight
- 78.2 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6457477, Wikipedia: LD&ECR Class D (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.