what is it?
The Northern Counties Committee (NCC) Class X was a solitary diesel-hydraulic shunting (switcher) locomotive built by Harland & Wolff (H&W) for service in the NCC's yards and at Belfast docks. It was one of several pioneering designs of diesel locomotive produced by H&W under their Harlandic trademark during the 1930s and 1940s.
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 90 years ago, in 1936.
- 9.8 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 34 years (1936–1970).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1936
- in service from
- 1936
- retired
- 1970
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Diesel
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Harland and Wolff
- operators
- Northern Counties Committee, Ulster Transport Authority, NI Railways
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- 246 kW
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
- length
- 9.8 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16998582, Wikipedia: NCC Class X (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.