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GS&WR Class 362
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Inchicore Works· from 1905· class of 6 Irish 4-6-0 locomotives
what is it?
The Great Southern and Western Railway (GS&WR) Class 362, also known as class B3, consisted of six locomotives designed by Robert Coey and built between 1905 and 1907 for goods traffic and was the first tender locomotive to utilise the 4-6-0 wheel arrangement in Ireland.
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 121 years ago, in 1905.
- 10.1 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 26 years (1905–1931).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1905–1907
- in service from
- 1905
- retired
- 1931
- status
- retired
- number built
- 6
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Inchicore Works
- designer
- Robert Coey
- operators
- Great Southern and Western Railway, Great Southern Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-0
- length
- 10.1 m
- nicknames
- Long Toms
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q55612194, Wikipedia: GS&WR Class 362 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.