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LNWR Bloomer Class

🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Sharp, Stewart and Company· from 1851· class of 74 2-2-2 passenger locomotives

🚂 steam locomotive steam retired
8 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. LNWR engine No.895 'Torch' (grey): Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
  2. 2. LNWR engine No.602 Small Bloomer Class: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
  3. 3. LNWR Bloomer No. 670 at Tyseley: Bradley Wurth· CC BY-SA 4.0
  4. 4. 1009 Wolverton "Bloomer" LNWR 2-2-2 replica at MK Museum: kitmasterbloke· CC BY 2.0
  5. 5. 670 Tyseley Locomotive Works - 14680287174: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
  6. 6. Bulleid Pacific in Workshop (24240587958): Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK· CC BY 2.0
  7. 7. The tender of LNWR Bloomer No. 670: Bradley Wurth· CC BY-SA 4.0
  8. 8. Tyseley Locomotive Works - 71: ell brown· CC BY-SA 2.0
Read about it on Wikipedia ↗
LNWR Bloomer Class, photo 1 of 8
1/8 Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain

what is it?

Bloomer was a name used to refer to three similar classes of 2-2-2 express passenger locomotives designed by James McConnell for the Southern Division of the London and North Western Railway (LNWR). A total of seventy-four were built between 1851 and 1862. The classes were similar in design and layout but differed in dimensions.

who runs it

London and North Western Railway

base stats

  • built 74made in total

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 175 years ago, in 1851.
  • Served for 37 years (1851–1888).

steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.

spec sheet

built
1851–1862
in service from
1851
retired
1888
status
retired
number built
74
kind
Steam
traction
steam
origin
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
builders
Sharp, Stewart and Company, Kitson and Company, R. & W. Hawthorn, Vulcan Foundry, Wolverton railway works
designer
James McConnell
operators
London and North Western Railway
top speed
—
power
—
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
wheel arrangement
2-2-2

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q16987741, Wikipedia: LNWR Bloomer Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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