#0538
NER 38 Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company· from 1884· class of 28 British 4-4-0 locomotives
what is it?
The NER 38 Class was a class of 4-4-0 steam locomotives designed by Alexander McDonnell for the North Eastern Railway. Twenty-eight were built in 1884–5, and remained in service until 1915–23.
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 142 years ago, in 1884.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 14.9 m long: about 3 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
- 1884–1885
- retired
- 1915
- status
- retired
- number built
- 28
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, Gateshead Works
- designer
- Alexander McDonnell
- operators
- North Eastern Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0
- length
- 14.9 m
- weight
- 39.6 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16986515, Wikipedia: NER 38 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.