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GNR Stirling 4-2-2
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Doncaster Works· from 1870· class of 53 two-cylinder 4-2-2 locomotives
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4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. GNR 8 foot single locomotive 1 (Howden, Boys' Book of Locomotives, 1907): Andy Dingley (scanner)· Public domain
- 2. 4-2-2 GNR 1008: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK· CC BY 2.0
- 3. GNR Stirling 1 at Doncaster Works: Our Phellap· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. GNR Stirling 4-2-2 No1: HawkeyeUK· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The Great Northern Railway (GNR) No. 1 class Stirling Single is a class of steam locomotive designed for express passenger work. Designed by Patrick Stirling, they are characterised by a single pair of large (8 ft 1 in) driving wheels which led to the nickname "eight-footer".
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 156 years ago, in 1870.
- 15.2 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 46 years (1870–1916).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1870–1895
- in service from
- 1870
- retired
- 1916
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 53
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Doncaster Works
- designer
- Patrick Stirling
- operators
- Great Northern Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-2-2
- length
- 15.2 m
- nicknames
- Stirling Single, Eight–footer
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5514010, Wikipedia: GNR Stirling 4-2-2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.