#0880
BNCR Class B
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Beyer, Peacock and Company· from 1897· class of 5 two-cylinder compound 4-4-0 locomotives
what is it?
The Belfast and Northern Counties Railway Class B was a class of 4-4-0 two-cylinder compound steam locomotives that was introduced for passenger service in the north-east of Ireland during the late 1890s.
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 129 years ago, in 1897.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 14.3 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1897–1898
- retired
- 1932
- status
- retired
- number built
- 5
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Beyer, Peacock and Company
- operators
- Northern Counties Committee, Belfast and Northern Counties Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0
- length
- 14.3 m
- weight
- 39.6 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4836118, Wikipedia: BNCR Class B (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.