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GS&WR Class 341
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Inchicore Works· from 1913· class of 1 Irish 4-4-0 locomotive
what is it?
The Great Southern and Western Railway (GS&WR) Class 341 consisted of a single 4-4-0 express passenger locomotive named Sir William Goulding introduced in 1913 for the Dublin—Cork route. Despite being an apparently capable design it was withdrawn in 1928.
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 113 years ago, in 1913.
- 9.8 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 15 years (1913–1928).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1913
- in service from
- 1913
- retired
- 1928
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Inchicore Works
- designer
- Robert Coey, Richard Maunsell
- operators
- Great Southern and Western Railway, Great Southern Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0
- length
- 9.8 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q55612193, Wikipedia: GS&WR Class 341 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.