#0284
LB&SCR D1 class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Neilson and Company· from 1873· class of 125 two-cylinder 0-4-2T locomotives
what is it?
The LB&SCR D1 class were powerful 0-4-2 suburban passenger tank locomotives, designed by William Stroudley of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway in 1873. They were originally known as "D-tanks" but later reclassified as class D1. Members of this very successful class survived in service until 1951.
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 153 years ago, in 1873.
- Served for 78 years (1873–1951).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1873–1887
- in service from
- 1873
- retired
- 1951
- status
- retired
- number built
- 125
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Neilson and Company, Brighton Works
- designer
- William Stroudley
- operators
- London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, Southern Railway, British Rail, Southern Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-2T
- nicknames
- "D-Tanks"
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6457239, Wikipedia: LB&SCR D1 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.