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GS&WR Class 201
🇮🇪 Ireland ·built by Inchicore Works· from 1887· class of 10 Irish 0-6-0T locomotives
what is it?
The GS&WR Class 201 was a class of ten 0-6-0T locomotives designed by Locomotive Engineer, Henry Ivatt in 1887 for shunting heavy goods trains at Kingsbridge and Cork yards. Although the design is generally attributed to Ivatt they were actually created in the last year of Alexander McDonnell's tenure. The locomotives were built in three batch with variations between batches: Nos.
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.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 86 years (1877–1963).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1887–1901
- in service from
- 1877
- retired
- 1963
- status
- retired
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇮🇪 Ireland
- builders
- Inchicore Works
- designer
- Henry Ivatt
- operators
- Great Southern and Western Railway, Great Southern Railways, Córas Iompair Éireann
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
- weight
- 40.6 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5514517, Wikipedia: GS&WR Class 201 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.