London Underground steam locomotives
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Initially, services on the Metropolitan Railway were operated by the Great Western Railway who built a special type of locomotives, the Metropolitan Class, to operate through the tunnels.
From 1864, the various London Underground railway companies bought steam locomotives of their own. Through running of various mainline company locomotives continued into the 1960s.
London Underground steam locomotives
- Metropolitan Railway A Class 4-4-0T, 1864
- Metropolitan Railway B Class 4-4-0T
- Metropolitan Railway C Class 0-4-4T, 1891
- Metropolitan Railway D Class 2-4-0T, 1894
- Metropolitan Railway E Class 0-4-4T, 1896
- Metropolitan Railway F Class 0-6-2T, 1901
- Metropolitan Railway G Class 0-6-4T, 1915
- Metropolitan Railway H Class 4-4-4T, 1920
- Metropolitan Railway K Class 2-6-4T, 1924
- Metropolitan Railway Departmental Steam Locomotives 0-6-0ST, 0-6-0T & 0-4-2ST
- Ex-GWR 5700 Class 0-6-0PT.
- Metropolitan District Railway 4-4-0T
- Wotton Tramway locomotives
- Metropolitan Railway Peckett Saddle tanks
[edit] Preservation
Metropolitan Railway A Class No. 23 (LT L45) is preserved by the London Transport Museum. Metropolitan Railway E Class No. 1 (LT L44) is preserved at the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre and is generally kept in working order.
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