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South Devon Railway Dido class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Avonside Engine Company· from 1860· class of 8 British broad-gauge 0-6-0ST locomotives
what is it?
The eight Dido class locomotives were 0-6-0ST broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway and Cornwall Railway and associated other adjacent railways. They were designed for goods trains but were also used on passenger trains when required. The locomotives were ordered by Evans, Walker and Gooch who were now contracted to operate the locomotives for both the railways.
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 166 years ago, in 1860.
- Served for 32 years (1860–1892).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1860–1864
- in service from
- 1860
- retired
- 1892
- status
- retired
- number built
- 8
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Avonside Engine Company, Slaughter, Grüning and Company
- operators
- Great Western Railway, South Devon Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7567047, Wikipedia: South Devon Railway Dido class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.