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NCC Class B3
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Beyer, Peacock and Company· from 1890· class of 5 Northern Irish 4-4-0 locomotives
what is it?
The LMS (Northern Counties Committee) Class B3 4-4-0 passenger steam locomotives were rebuilds of Belfast and Northern Counties Railway (BNCR) two-cylinder compound locomotives. They operated services throughout the NCC's 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) broad gauge system in the north-east of Ireland.
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 136 years ago, in 1890.
- Weighs about as much as 8 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 14.9 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
- 1890–1898
- retired
- 1947
- status
- retired
- number built
- 5
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Beyer, Peacock and Company
- operators
- Northern Counties Committee
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0
- length
- 14.9 m
- weight
- 45.7 t
- nicknames
- Whippet
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6953086, Wikipedia: NCC Class B3 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.