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CBSCR Baldwin saddle tank
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Baldwin Locomotive Works· from 1900· class of 2 Irish 0-6-2T locomotives
what is it?
The CB&SCR Baldwin saddle tank was a class of two of 0-6-2ST locomotives purchased by the Cork, Bandon and South Coast Railway (CB&SCR), being the first purchase of locomotives for Ireland from America. They were not very successful, with a service life of 14 years or less.
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 126 years ago, in 1900.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 14 years (1900–1914).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1900
- in service from
- 1900
- retired
- 1914
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Baldwin Locomotive Works
- operators
- Cork, Bandon and South Coast Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-2ST
- weight
- 40.6 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q110442998, Wikipedia: CBSCR Baldwin saddle tank (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.