#0272
South Devon Railway Buffalo class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Avonside Engine Company· from 1872· class of 10 British broad-gauge 0-6-0ST locomotives
what is it?
The ten Buffalo class locomotives were 0-6-0ST broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway, Cornwall Railway and West Cornwall Railway. They were designed for goods trains but were also used on passenger trains when required. These locomotives were built by the Avonside Engine Company and designed for easy conversion to standard gauge after the broad gauge was converted on 21 May 1892.
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 154 years ago, in 1872.
- Served for 33 years (1872–1905).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1872
- in service from
- 1872
- retired
- 1905
- status
- retired
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Avonside Engine Company
- operators
- South Devon Railway, Great Western Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 2,140 mm Brunel broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7567044, Wikipedia: South Devon Railway Buffalo class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.