#2775
LNER Thompson Class O1
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Unknown builder· from 1944· class of 58 two-cylinder 2-8-0 locomotives rebuilt from Robinson Class O4
5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 63687 Nottingham MPD '63 (26051136518): Rob Hodgkins· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. 63711 Annesley MPD '63 (43564236201): Rob Hodgkins· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. 63760 LNER Class O1 2-8-0 locomotive: RuthAS· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Dunford Bridge old1 railway station 1735832 ba5b407d: Ben Brooksbank· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. Spalding Town station (1960) with 63804: Lamberhurst· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) Thompson Class O1 was a class of 2-8-0 steam locomotive designed by Edward Thompson for freight work.
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 82 years ago, in 1944.
- Served for 21 years (1944–1965).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1944
- in service from
- 1944
- retired
- 1965
- status
- retired
- number built
- 58
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Unknown builder
- designer
- Edward Thompson
- operators
- London and North Eastern Railway, North Eastern Region of British Railways, Eastern Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6459328, Wikipedia: LNER Thompson Class O1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.