LSWR L12 class

what is it?

The London and South Western Railway L12 class was a class of 20 4-4-0 steam locomotives designed for express passenger work by Dugald Drummond. They were introduced to the London and South Western Railway network in 1904. Despite the class being an unremarkable continuation of the Drummond lineage, one member was involved in the infamous Salisbury rail crash in June 1906.

who runs it

LALondon and South Western RailwaySouthern RailwayBritish RailSRSouthern Region of British Railways

base stats

• weight 54.9 tin working order
• built 20made in total

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 122 years ago, in 1904.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 9 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏19.2 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
• ⌛Served for 51 years (1904–1955).

steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.

spec sheet

built

1904–1905

in service from

1904

retired

1955

status

retired

number built

20

kind

Steam

traction

steam

origin

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

builders

Nine Elms Locomotive Works

designer

Dugald Drummond

operators

London and South Western Railway, Southern Railway, British Rail, Southern Region of British Railways

top speed

—

power

—

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

4-4-0

length

19.2 m

weight

54.9 t

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.