#3049
BR Standard Class 3 2-6-2T
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Swindon Works· from 1952· class of 45 two-cylinder 2-6-2T locomotives
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 82010 - Exmouth Junction - 1962: Max Batten· CC BY-SA 2.5
- 2. BR Standard Class 3 No. 82000: Wikimedia Commons· Public domain
- 3. British Railways Standard Class 2-6-2 Tank Engine No. 82021: Brian Townsley· CC BY 2.0
- 4. Barmouth 2 railway station 2171647 c9dc9203: Ben Brooksbank· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. 82001 Hereford MPD 16-4-63 (27649919836): Rob Hodgkins· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 6. 82022 at Nine Elms Shed(8154230676): Hugh Llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 7. Winchester (Chesil) station with 82029 working a railtour (1964): Lamberhurst· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. 82045 in the NEC (on low loader): Geof Sheppard· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. 82045 in the NEC (rear): Geof Sheppard· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. Before the show BR Standard Class 3MT 82045: James Petts· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The BR Standard Class 3 2-6-2T was a class of 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 74 years ago, in 1952.
- 12.2 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 15 years (1952–1967).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1952–1955
- in service from
- 1952
- retired
- 1967
- status
- retired
- number built
- 45
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Swindon Works
- designer
- R. A. Riddles
- operators
- British Rail, Southern Region of British Railways, Western Region of British Railways, North Eastern Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-2
- length
- 12.2 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4836472, Wikipedia: BR Standard Class 3 2-6-2T (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.