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SER 235 class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Thomas Brassey· from 1866· class of 7 British 0-4-4T locomotives
what is it?
The SER 235 class was a class of 0-4-4T steam locomotives on the South Eastern Railway. Introduced in 1866, they were the first locomotives of this wheel arrangement to be built for an English railway.
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 160 years ago, in 1866.
- Served for 27 years (1866–1893).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1866
- in service from
- 1866
- retired
- 1893
- status
- retired
- number built
- 7
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Thomas Brassey
- designer
- James I. Cudworth
- operators
- South Eastern Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-4WT
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7389852, Wikipedia: SER 235 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.