#0959
LSWR F9 class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Nine Elms Locomotive Works· from 1899· class of 1 British inspection locomotive
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what is it?
The LSWR F9 class was a unique inspection locomotive and saloon designed by and for the personal use of Dugald Drummond on the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) in 1899.
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 127 years ago, in 1899.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 10.7 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 41 years (1899–1940).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1899
- in service from
- 1899
- retired
- 1940
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 1
- 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
- 4-2-4T
- length
- 10.7 m
- weight
- 37.6 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q65083286, Wikipedia: LSWR F9 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.