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LNWR Prince of Wales Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by North British Locomotive Company· from 1911· class of 246 two-cylinder 4-6-0 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. LNWR locomotive No. 819 Prince of Wales 2: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) Prince of Wales Class was a class of express passenger locomotive. It was in effect, a superheated version of the Experiment Class 4-6-0.
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 115 years ago, in 1911.
- Served for 38 years (1911–1949).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1911–1924
- in service from
- 1911
- retired
- 1949
- status
- retired
- number built
- 246
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- North British Locomotive Company, William Beardmore and Company, Crewe Works
- designer
- Charles Bowen-Cooke
- operators
- London and North Western Railway, London, Midland and Scottish Railway, British Rail, London Midland Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6459421, Wikipedia: LNWR Prince of Wales Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.