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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 95 years ago, in 1931.
- Weighs about as much as 8 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 9.1 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 7 years (1932–1939).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1931
- in service from
- 1932
- retired
- 1939
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Diesel Hydraulic
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- LMS
- operators
- London, Midland and Scottish Railway
- top speed
- 40 km/h
- power
- 298 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0DH
- length
- 9.1 m
- weight
- 45.7 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6459179, Wikipedia: LMS diesel shunter 1831 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.