#2994
BR Standard Class 4 4-6-0
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Swindon Works· from 1951· class of 80 two-cylinder 4-6-0 locomotives
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Riddles 75076 (8164960266): Hugh Llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. BR Standard Class 4 4-6-0 75079 At Ropley: Bradley Wurth· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. BR Standard Class 4 75014 Braveheart Toddington Railway Station: BWard 1997· CC BY 3.0
- 4. Standard class 4MT 75069 at Hastings, Ashford 150: Barry Lewis· CC BY 2.0
- 5. BR Riddles Standard Class "4MT" 4-6-0 No.75076: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 6. BR Standard class 4-6-0 75020 location unknown: Sludge G· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 7. BR Standard Class 4MT 75075 on the Oxted Line: Lamberhurst· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. BR Standard Class 5 at Snow Hill: Flying Stag· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. BR Riddles Standard 75013 (8214305741): Hugh Llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 10. BR 4MT 2-6-0 75019 Carnforth 08.1968 (9862990383): Gillett's Crossing from Bristol, United Kingdom· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The British Railways Standard Class 4 4-6-0 is a class of steam locomotives, 80 of which were built during the 1950s. Six have been preserved.
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 75 years ago, in 1951.
- 18.3 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 17 years (1951–1968).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1951–1957
- in service from
- 1951
- retired
- 1968
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 80
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Swindon Works
- designer
- R. A. Riddles
- operators
- British Rail, Southern Region of British Railways, London Midland Region of British Railways, Western Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-0
- length
- 18.3 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4836491, Wikipedia: BR Standard Class 4 4-6-0 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.
