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GNRI Class BT
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Dundalk Works· from 1887· class of 13 Irish 4-4-0T locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. GNRI Class BT No. 1 at Irish Street in 1909: Public Record Office of Northern Ireland· No restrictions
what is it?
Great Northern Railway Class BT were a class of 13 4-4-0T tank locomotives introduced by the GNR(I) from 1887. They were the Great Northern Railways first home built engine and therefore the first engine to be built in Dundalk works. While fit for purpose when built, increasing train weights particularly with bogie carriages a factor meant by the 1920s they were underpowered for all available work and were withdrawn by 1921.
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 139 years ago, in 1887.
- Served for 36 years (1885–1921).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1887
- in service from
- 1885
- retired
- 1921
- status
- retired
- number built
- 13
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Dundalk Works, Beyer, Peacock and Company
- designer
- J.C. Park
- operators
- Great Northern Railway (Ireland)
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q97354988, Wikipedia: GNRI Class BT (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.