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L&YR Barton Wright 4-4-0
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Sharp, Stewart and Company· from 1880· class of British 4-4-0 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 4-4-0 L&YR 815: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) Barton Wright 4-4-0 was four-coupled eight-wheeled bogie express engine which entered service in 1880. The L&YR Class 2 was similar and introduced for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1885. Both classes were designed by William Barton Wright.
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 146 years ago, in 1880.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1880–1887
- retired
- 1930
- status
- retired
- number built
- 110
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Sharp, Stewart and Company, Kitson and Company, Neilson and Company, Vulcan Foundry
- designer
- William Barton Wright
- operators
- Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0
- weight
- 41.7 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q66713814, Wikipedia: L&YR Barton Wright 4-4-0 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.