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SER B class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Neilson and Company· from 1898· class of 29 two-cylinder 4-4-0 locomotives
what is it?
The SER B class was a class of 4-4-0 steam tender locomotive designed by James Stirling for express passenger service on the South Eastern Railway (SER). Thirty were ordered in 1897, twenty from Neilson & Co. (which became Neilson, Reid & Co.
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 128 years ago, in 1898.
- Weighs about as much as 8 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 53 years (1898–1951).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1898–1899
- in service from
- 1898
- retired
- 1951
- status
- retired
- number built
- 29
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Neilson and Company, Ashford Works
- designer
- James Stirling
- operators
- South Eastern and Chatham Railway, Southern Railway, Southern Region of British Railways, South Eastern Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0
- weight
- 45.7 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7389601, Wikipedia: SER B class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.