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Metropolitan Railway D Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Sharp, Stewart and Company· from 1895· class of 6 British 2-4-0T locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Metropolitan Railway D Class No. 73: Wikimedia Commons· Public domain
what is it?
The Metropolitan Railway D Class was a group of six 2-4-0T locomotives built for the Metropolitan Railway in 1894-1895 by Sharp, Stewart and Company.
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 131 years ago, in 1895.
- Served for 25 years (1895–1920).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1895
- in service from
- 1895
- retired
- 1920
- status
- retired
- number built
- 6
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Sharp, Stewart and Company
- operators
- Metropolitan Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-4-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6825217, Wikipedia: Metropolitan Railway D Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.