European Railroad Discussion > BR class 9F freight loco

Was just watching a YouTube video from the East Lancs railway and one of the locos running was the 9F 38134. Are these 2-10-0's the largest steam 🚂 built in GB?

Sharon Evans
Glen Allen, VA

I think that's the case... depends a bit on how you define biggest.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/20/24 08:15 by exhaustED.

RNinRVR Wrote:
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> Was just watching a YouTube video from the East
> Lancs railway and one of the locos running was the
> 9F 38134. Are these 2-10-0's the largest steam
> 🚂 built in GB?

92134. The 251 Standard 9Fs were numbered 92000 to 92250.

As for the largest, the LMS Beyer-Garratts had more driving wheels (2-6-0+0-6-2), were heavier than the Standard 9Fs, at 170.8 short tons versus 155.9 short tons, and much longer too, at 87 ft, 10.5 in. versus 66 ft, 2 in.

More details here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LMS_Garratt



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 10/21/24 03:55 by railsmith.

There was also a LNER class U1 which may be the largest.... a 2-8-0+0-8-2 Garratt with only a singe example built for banking coal trains in Yorkshire - eyup ee by ecky thump!

RNinRVR Wrote:
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> Are these 2-10-0's the largest steam
> 🚂 built in GB?

Built in GB? No, Beyer-Peacock built bigger, much bigger Beyer-Garratts for East Africa (metre gauge) and Australia (standard gauge). The biggest non-articulated locomotive built here was a class of Northerns for a railway in China, one of which is in the NRM at York.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 11/06/24 12:34 by 86235.