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LCDR R class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Sharp, Stewart and Company· from 1891· class of 18 two-cylinder 0-4-4T locomotives
what is it?
The LCDR R class was a class of 0-4-4T locomotives on the London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR). No. 207 (eventually no.
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 135 years ago, in 1891.
- Served for 64 years (1891–1955).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1891
- in service from
- 1891
- retired
- 1955
- status
- retired
- number built
- 18
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Sharp, Stewart and Company
- designer
- William Kirtley
- operators
- London, Chatham and Dover Railway, South Eastern and Chatham Railway, Southern Railway, British Rail, Southern Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-4T
- nicknames
- Bobtails
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6457386, Wikipedia: LCDR R class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.