#0031
D&KR Princess Class
built by Grand Canal Street Works· from 1841· early Irish steam locomotive class
what is it?
Princess was the class lead for a set of five locomotives built by the Dublin and Kingstown Railway (D&KR) in their own Grand Canal Street works from 1841. Princess was both the first locomotive built in Ireland and the first locomotive to be completed by a railway company in the British Isles in their own workshops.
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 185 years ago, in 1841.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1841
- number built
- 5
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- builders
- Grand Canal Street
- designer
- Richard Pim
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 2-2-2WT
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q96375812, Wikipedia: D&KR Princess Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.