#1529
LNER Class O4
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Unknown builder· from 1911· class of British 2-8-0 locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. GCR O4 63601 at Doncaster Works: Our Phellap· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. 63664 LNER O4 2-8-0 locomotive: RuthAS· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) Class O4 initially consisted of the 131 ex-Great Central Railway (GCR) Class 8K 2-8-0 steam locomotives acquired on grouping in 1923. The engines were designed by John G. Robinson and built at the GCR's Gorton Locomotive Works, Manchester.
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 115 years ago, in 1911.
- 18.6 m long: about 4 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
- 1911–1918
- retired
- 1966
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 421
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Unknown builder
- designer
- John G. Robinson
- operators
- Great Central Railway, Railway Operating Division, London and North Eastern Railway, British Rail
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-0
- length
- 18.6 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q119039669, Wikipedia: LNER Class O4 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.