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Metropolitan Railway G Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Yorkshire Engine Company· from 1915· class of 4 British 0-6-4T locomotives
what is it?
The Metropolitan Railway G Class consisted of four 0-6-4T steam locomotives, numbered 94 to 97. They were built by Yorkshire Engine Company in 1915. The class was unusual by having named engines, and were the last Metropolitan steam locomotives to do so.
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 111 years ago, in 1915.
- Served for 33 years (1915–1948).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1915
- in service from
- 1915
- retired
- 1948
- status
- retired
- number built
- 4
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Yorkshire Engine Company
- designer
- Charles Jones
- operators
- Metropolitan Railway, London and North Eastern Railway, Eastern Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-4T
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6825223, Wikipedia: Metropolitan Railway G Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.