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BR Standard Class 3 2-6-0
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Swindon Works· from 1954· class of 20 two-cylinder 2-6-0 locomotives
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5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. BR standard class 3 2-6-0 77000 at Darlington works: RuthAS· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. BR Riddles Standard Class 3MT 77002 (8278806158): Hugh Llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. BR Riddles Standard Class 3MT 77012 (8278805180): Hugh Llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 4. Standard Class 3 77014 at Waterloo (1967): Lamberhurst· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Steam at York: shipley43· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The BR Standard Class 3 2-6-0 was a class of mixed traffic steam locomotive designed by Robert Riddles for British Railways. It was essentially a hybrid design, the chassis being closely based on and sharing a number of parts with the LMS Ivatt Class 4, and having a boiler derived from a GWR No.2 boiler as fitted to the GWR Large Prairie 2-6-2T and 5600 Class 0-6-2T tank engines.
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 72 years ago, in 1954.
- 16.8 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 13 years (1954–1967).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1954
- in service from
- 1954
- retired
- 1967
- status
- retired
- number built
- 20
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Swindon Works
- designer
- Robert Riddles
- operators
- British Rail, North Eastern Region of British Railways, Scottish Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-0
- length
- 16.8 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4836471, Wikipedia: BR Standard Class 3 2-6-0 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.