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LSWR T3 class

🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Nine Elms Locomotive Works· from 1892· class of 20 two-cylinder 4-4-0 locomotives

🚂 steam locomotive steam preserved
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. Steam Train at Shildon: Tellyaddict at English Wikipedia· Public domain
  2. 2. LSWR T3 563 Norden Station: BWard 1997· CC BY 4.0
  3. 3. LSWR T3 Class 4-4-0 No. 563 in Toronto, Canada August 2011.: Influencerrpc893· CC BY-SA 4.0
  4. 4. LSWR T3 class No. 563 of the "The Railway Children" arrives at the Toronto Railway Museum - April 2011: Can Pac Swire· CC BY-SA 2.0
  5. 5. Another trip to the Railway Museum in York (1521463): Geoff Charles· CC BY-SA 4.0
  6. 6. Corfe Castle Railway Station LSWR T3 563: BWard 1997· CC BY 4.0
  7. 7. Locomotion Shildon (3067223829): BazzaDaRambler· CC BY 2.0
  8. 8. LSWR Adams 563 (8209659146): Hugh Llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
  9. 9. LSWR Adams T3 4-4-0 563 (1893) Locomotion Shildon 29.06.2009 Locomotion Shildon 29.06.2009 P6290041 (9989610033): Gillett's Crossing from Bristol, United Kingdom· CC BY 2.0
  10. 10. LSWR Adams T3 4-4-0 563 (1893) Locomotion Shildon 29.06.2009 P6290029 (9989535936): Gillett's Crossing from Bristol, United Kingdom· CC BY 2.0
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LSWR T3 class, photo 1 of 10
1/10 Tellyaddict at English Wikipedia· Public domain

what is it?

The LSWR T3 class is a class of express passenger 4-4-0 steam locomotives designed for the London and South Western Railway by William Adams. Twenty were constructed between 1892 and 1893. One, No.

who runs it

London and South Western RailwaySouthern Railway

base stats

  • 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 134 years ago, in 1892.
  • 16.5 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Served for 53 years (1892–1945).

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

spec sheet

built
1892–1893
in service from
1892
retired
1945
status
preserved
number built
20
kind
Steam
traction
steam
origin
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
builders
Nine Elms Locomotive Works
designer
William Adams
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

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

Sources: Wikidata Q6460096, Wikipedia: LSWR T3 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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