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LT&SR 37 Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Sharp, Stewart and Company· from 1897· British 4-4-2T steam locomotive class, built 1897–1898
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. LT&SR 37 Class No. 39 Forest Gate: Unknown photographer· Public domain
what is it?
The LTSR 37 class was a class of 4-4-2T suburban tank engines built for the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway in 1897–98. They were designed by Thomas Whitelegg as a development of the earlier LT&SR 1 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 129 years ago, in 1897.
- Served for 55 years (1897–1952).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1897–1898
- in service from
- 1897
- retired
- 1952
- status
- retired
- number built
- 12
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Sharp, Stewart and Company, Dübs and Company
- designer
- Thomas Whitelegg
- operators
- London, Tilbury and Southend Railway, Midland Railway, London, Midland and Scottish Railway, British Rail, Eastern Region of British Railways, London Midland Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-2T
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6460127, Wikipedia: LT&SR 37 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.