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SR L1 class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by North British Locomotive Company· from 1926· class of 15 two-cylinder 4-4-0 locomotives
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1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SR L1 class, 757 (CJ Allen, Steel Highway, 1928): Andy Dingley (scanner)· Public domain
what is it?
The Southern Railway L1 class was a class of 4-4-0 steam tender locomotives built for express passenger service on the South Eastern Main Line of the UK Southern Railway. They were designed by Richard Maunsell as a development of Harry Wainwright's L class.
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 100 years ago, in 1926.
- Weighs about as much as 10 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 17.1 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 36 years (1926–1962).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1926
- in service from
- 1926
- retired
- 1962
- status
- retired
- number built
- 15
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- North British Locomotive Company
- designer
- Richard Maunsell (development of SECR L class by Harry Wainwright)
- operators
- Southern Railway, British Rail, Southern Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0
- length
- 17.1 m
- weight
- 57.9 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7392889, Wikipedia: SR L1 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.