CBSCR Bandon Tank

what is it?

The CBSCR Bandon Tanks were a class of 4-6-0T mixed-traffic locomotives built for the Cork, Bandon & South Coast Railway (CB&SCR) between 1906 and 1920. The Bandon Tanks were the only 4-6-0 tank locomotives to be built by Beyer, Peacock & Company. The class went on to serve with the CB&SCR's successors: the Great Southern Railways from 1925 and CIÉ from 1945.

who runs it

CBCork, Bandon and South Coast RailwayGSGreat Southern RailwaysCóras Iompair Éireann

base stats

• weight 56.9 tin working order
• built 8made in total

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 120 years ago, in 1906.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 9 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏11 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
• ⌛Served for 57 years (1906–1963).

steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.

spec sheet

built

1906–1920

in service from

1906

retired

1963

status

retired

number built

8

kind

Steam

traction

steam

origin

🇮🇪 Ireland

builders

Beyer, Peacock and Company

operators

Cork, Bandon and South Coast Railway, Great Southern Railways, Córas Iompair Éireann

top speed

—

power

—

gauge

1,600 mm Irish broad gauge

wheel arrangement

4-6-0T

length

11 m

weight

56.9 t

nicknames

Bandon Tanks

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.