#1534
NER Class S2
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Unknown builder· from 1911· class of 20 British 4-6-0 locomotives
what is it?
The North Eastern Railway Class S2, later the London and North Eastern Railway Class B15, was a mixed-traffic 4-6-0 steam locomotive designed by Vincent Raven for North Eastern Railway and later transferred to the London North Eastern Railway.
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.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1911–1913
- retired
- 1947
- status
- retired
- number built
- 20
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Unknown builder
- designer
- Vincent Raven
- operators
- North Eastern Railway, London and North Eastern Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6953560, Wikipedia: NER Class S2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.