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LSWR T6 class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Nine Elms Locomotive Works· from 1895· class of 10 two-cylinder 4-4-0 locomotives
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Image from page 116 of "Factory and industrial management" (1891): Internet Archive Book Images· CC0
- 2. LSWR T6 class No. 682: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The LSWR T6 class was a class of express passenger 4-4-0 steam locomotives designed for the London and South Western Railway by William Adams. Ten were constructed at Nine Elms Locomotive Works between 1895 and 1896. The class were numbered 677–686, and were a development of the X2 class, based on experience gained with the locomotives in traffic.
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 131 years ago, in 1895.
- 16.5 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 48 years (1895–1943).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1895–1896
- in service from
- 1895
- retired
- 1943
- status
- retired
- number built
- 10
- 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 Q6460097, Wikipedia: LSWR T6 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.