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SER Q class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Neilson and Company· from 1881· class of 118 two-cylinder 0-4-4T locomotives
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- 1. Neilson and Company Glasgow, South Eastern Railway (SER) Class Q, 312 (Ans 05373-0771): ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv / Fotograf: Unbekannt / Ans_05373-0771 / Public Domain Mark· CC0
what is it?
The SER Q class was a class of 0-4-4T steam locomotives of the South Eastern Railway. The class was designed by James Stirling and introduced in 1881.
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 145 years ago, in 1881.
- Served for 48 years (1881–1929).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1881–1897
- in service from
- 1881
- retired
- 1929
- status
- retired
- number built
- 118
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Neilson and Company, Sharp, Stewart and Company, Ashford Works
- designer
- James Stirling
- operators
- South Eastern Railway, South Eastern and Chatham Railway, Southern Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-4T
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7389855, Wikipedia: SER Q class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.