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GS&WR Class 351
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Inchicore Works· from 1903· class of 8 Irish 0-6-0 locomotives
what is it?
The Great Southern and Western Railway (GS&WR) Class 351 initially consisted of four 0-6-0 tender locomotives designed by Robert Coey for use on heavy freight trains on the main line. They were joined by four similar locomotives built in 1912 introduced by Richard Maunsell, these had detail differences such as larger cabs and higher running plates. They included an extended smokebox to which a Phoenix superheater was briefly trialed but abandoned.
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 123 years ago, in 1903.
- Served for 60 years (1903–1963).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1903
- in service from
- 1903
- retired
- 1963
- status
- retired
- number built
- 8
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Inchicore Works
- designer
- R Coey
- 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
- length
- 7.9 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q56278005, Wikipedia: GS&WR Class 351 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.