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NCC Class WT
🇮🇪 Ireland ·built by Derby Works· from 1946· class of 18 two-cylinder 2-6-4T locomotives
5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. NCC Class WT No. 4 Steam Train on the Kingstown Special - August 2009 - 01: William Murphy· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. NCC Class WT No. 4 Steam Train on the Kingstown Special - August 2009 - 02: William Murphy· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. NCC Class WT No. 4 Steam Train on the Kingstown Special - August 2009 - 03: William Murphy· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 4. NCC Class WT No. 4 Steam Train on the Kingstown Special - August 2009 - 04: William Murphy· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. NCC Class WT No. 4 Steam Train on the Kingstown Special - August 2009 - 05: William Murphy· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The NCC Class WT is a class of 2-6-4T steam locomotives built by the Northern Counties Committee's parent company, the London, Midland and Scottish Railway for service in Northern 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 80 years ago, in 1946.
- 14 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 24 years (1946–1970).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1946–1950
- in service from
- 1946
- retired
- 1970
- status
- retired
- number built
- 18
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇮🇪 Ireland
- builders
- Derby Works
- designer
- H. G. Ivatt
- operators
- Northern Counties Committee, London, Midland and Scottish Railway, Ulster Transport Authority, NI Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-4T
- length
- 14 m
- nicknames
- Jeep, Mogul tank
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6953093, Wikipedia: NCC Class WT (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.