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LNER Class A8
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Unknown builder· from 1931· class of 45 Pacific tank locomotives, rebuilt from H1 class 4-4-4T locomotives
what is it?
The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) Class A8 was a type of 4-6-2T steam locomotive, designed by both Vincent Raven and Nigel Gresley. They were rebuilt from the LNER Class H1s, a 4-4-4T class.
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 95 years ago, in 1931.
- 12.8 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 29 years (1931–1960).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1931–1936
- in service from
- 1931
- retired
- 1960
- status
- retired
- number built
- 45
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Unknown builder
- designer
- Vincent Raven and Nigel Gresley
- operators
- London and North Eastern Railway, British Rail, North Eastern Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-2T
- length
- 12.8 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6459259, Wikipedia: LNER Class A8 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.