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LSWR C8 class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Nine Elms Locomotive Works· from 1898· class of 10 two-cylinder 4-4-0 locomotives
what is it?
The LSWR C8 class was the first class of 4-4-0 express steam locomotives designed by Dugald Drummond for the London and South Western Railway and introduced in 1898. According to Dendy Marshall they "were of orthodox design, very much like engines which Drummond had put on the Caledonian". Dendy Marshall gives few other details, except to say that they were numbered 290-299 and had 18 in × 26 in (460 mm × 660 mm) cylinders.
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).
- 16.5 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 40 years (1898–1938).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1898
- in service from
- 1898
- retired
- 1938
- status
- retired
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Nine Elms Locomotive Works
- designer
- Dugald Drummond
- operators
- London and South Western Railway, Southern Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0
- length
- 16.5 m
- weight
- 46.7 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6460066, Wikipedia: LSWR C8 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.