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NBR H class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by North British Locomotive Company· from 1906· British steam locomotive class (1906–1937)
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3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Every boy's book of railways and steamships (1911) (14756656164): Internet Archive Book Images· No restrictions
- 2. NBR H class No. 868 Aberdonian (cropped): Unknown photographer· Public domain
- 3. NBR H class No. 868 Aberdonian: Unknown photographer· Public domain
what is it?
The North British Atlantic, later known as NBR Class H, and then as LNER Class C11 was a class of 4-4-2 steam locomotive of the North British Railway. The class was designed by William P. Reid, Locomotive Superintendent of the NBR, and entered service under his direction. They were the heaviest, longest, and most powerful (by tractive effort) locomotives ever employed on the North British Railway.
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 120 years ago, in 1906.
- Weighs about as much as 20 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 18 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1906–1921
- retired
- 1937
- status
- retired
- number built
- 22
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- North British Locomotive Company, Robert Stephenson and Company
- designer
- William Paton Reid
- operators
- North British Railway, London and North Eastern Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-2
- length
- 18 m
- weight
- 121 t
- nicknames
- North British Atlantic
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q23070935, Wikipedia: NBR H class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.