#2715
LNER Thompson Class Q1
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Unknown builder· from 1942· class of 13 two-cylinder 0-8-0T locomotives rebuilt from Robinson Class Q4 0-8-0 Tender Engines
what is it?
The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) Thompson Class Q1 was a class of 0-8-0T steam locomotives. They were rebuilds of the GCR Class 8A (LNER Class Q4) 0-8-0s. Thirteen were rebuilt between 1942 and 1945 at Gorton Works.
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 84 years ago, in 1942.
- Served for 17 years (1942–1959).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1942
- in service from
- 1942
- retired
- 1959
- status
- retired
- number built
- 13
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Unknown builder
- designer
- Edward Thompson (rebuild)
- operators
- London and North Eastern Railway, British Rail, North Eastern Region of British Railways, Scottish Region of British Railways, Eastern Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-8-0T
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6459330, Wikipedia: LNER Thompson Class Q1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.