#0750
NCC Class S2
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Beyer, Peacock and Company· from 1892· class of 1 two-cylinder compound 2-4-4T locomotive
what is it?
The Northern Counties Committee (NCC) Class S2 was a solitary two-cylinder compound 2-4-4T steam locomotive that was introduced for service on the 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railways of County Antrim in north-east Ireland. It was heavily rebuilt from a BNCR Class S locomotive by the addition of a standard gauge boiler.
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 134 years ago, in 1892.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 9.5 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 33 years (1913–1946).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1892
- in service from
- 1913
- retired
- 1946
- status
- retired
- number built
- —
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Beyer, Peacock and Company
- operators
- Northern Counties Committee
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 914 mm 3 ft narrow gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-4-4
- length
- 9.5 m
- weight
- 41.7 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6953088, Wikipedia: NCC Class S2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.