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BCDR 4-6-4T
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Beyer, Peacock and Company· from 1920· steam locomotive class of Ireland
what is it?
The Belfast and County Down (BCDR) 4-6-4 T were a class of four 6-coupled tank locomotives built by Beyer, Peacock & Company in 1920. Generally reliable and well-liked but with mediocre performance, they spent their lives on the Queen's Quay, Belfast to Bangor until withdrawal in the early 1950s. These were the only class of 4-6-4T wheel arrangement to work on Ireland's broad gauge lines.
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 106 years ago, in 1920.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1920
- retired
- 1953
- status
- retired
- number built
- 4
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Beyer, Peacock and Company
- operators
- Ulster Transport Authority
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-4T
- nicknames
- Baltics
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q111944807, Wikipedia: BCDR 4-6-4T (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.