L&YR Class 23

what is it?

The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) Class 23 is a class of 0-6-0ST steam locomotive. Their main use was for shunting and for short-trip freight working.

base stats

• weight 43.7 tin working order
• built 230made in total

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

• 🐘Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏9.5 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.

steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.

spec sheet

built

—

retired

1964

status

preserved

number built

230

kind

Steam

traction

steam

builders

Unknown builder

designer

John Aspinall

top speed

—

power

—

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

0-6-0

length

9.5 m

weight

43.7 t

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.