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MGWR Class K
🇮🇪 Ireland ·built by Broadstone Works· from 1893· class of 20 Irish 2-4-0 locomotives
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- 1. Railwaysofworld00protrich-p505-MGWR-Connemara-express-Clifden: Ernest Protheroe· Public domain
what is it?
The MGWR Class K was a Midland Great Western Railway (MGWR) 2-4-0 designed by Martin Atock for passenger work and introduced from 1893. They replaced earlier MGWR Class D locomotives that carried the same names and numbers. The class was also known as the Great Southern Railways (GSR) 650 G2 class.
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 133 years ago, in 1893.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 70 years (1893–1963).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1893–1898
- in service from
- 1893
- retired
- 1963
- status
- retired
- number built
- 20
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇮🇪 Ireland
- builders
- Broadstone Works
- designer
- Martin Atock
- operators
- Midland Great Western Railway, Great Southern Railways, Córas Iompair Éireann
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-4-0
- length
- 7.9 m
- weight
- 38 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q42677706, Wikipedia: MGWR Class K (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.