GS&WR Class 33

what is it?

The GS&WR) Class 33 consisted of six 2-4-2T locomotives designed by Henry Ivatt for Kerry branch line services, especially tight radius curves of the branches to Kenmare and Valencia. Numbers 33 and 42 were subsequently fitted with a bell for working the Cork City Railways. In their final years the class was mainly working in the Cork area, At the end of steam in the 1959 number 42 was to be found in the Dublin area.

who runs it

GSGreat Southern and Western RailwayGSGreat Southern RailwaysCóras Iompair Éireann

base stats

• built 6made in total

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 134 years ago, in 1892.
• 📏9.1 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
• ⌛Served for 71 years (1892–1963).

steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.

spec sheet

built

1892–1894

in service from

1892

retired

1963

status

retired

number built

6

kind

Steam

traction

steam

origin

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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

2-4-2

length

9.1 m

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.