what is it?
The Belfast and County Down Railway (BCDR) Class 2 locomotive was built by Harland & Wolff (H&W) in 1933. The first diesel locomotive build by H&W it was initially designated D1. It often worked the branch to Ballynahinch.
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 93 years ago, in 1933.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1933
- retired
- 1967
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Harland and Wolff
- operators
- BCDR, NCC, UTA, H&W
- top speed
- 97 km/h
- power
- 201 kW
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q60748014, Wikipedia: BCDR 2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.