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LCDR T class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Longhedge Works· from 1879· class of 10 two-cylinder 0-6-0T locomotives
what is it?
The LCDR T class was a class of 0-6-0T steam locomotives of the London, Chatham and Dover Railway. The class was designed by William Kirtley and introduced in 1879.
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 147 years ago, in 1879.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 72 years (1879–1951).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1879–1893
- in service from
- 1879
- retired
- 1951
- status
- retired
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Longhedge Works
- designer
- William Kirtley
- operators
- Railway Operating Division, London, Chatham and Dover Railway, South Eastern and Chatham Railway, Southern Railway, Southern Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
- weight
- 40.6 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6457388, Wikipedia: LCDR T class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.