#0495
NBR G Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Neilson and Company· from 1882· class of British 0-4-0ST locomotives
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1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. NB 0-4-0ST 18386 'No 20' & NBR Y9 0-4-0ST No 42 (1887) BR 68095 Lytham Motive Power Museum Aug 1968 (9862902686): Gillett's Crossing from Bristol, United Kingdom· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The North British Railway (NBR) G Class (LNER Class Y9) is a class of 0-4-0ST steam locomotive designed for shunting. Some locomotives were equipped with small wooden tenders to carry extra coal. They were introduced in 1882 and thirty-eight entered service on the NBR between 1882 and 1899.
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 144 years ago, in 1882.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1882–1899
- retired
- 1962
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 38
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Neilson and Company
- designer
- Neilson and Company
- operators
- North British Railway, London and North Eastern Railway, British Rail
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-0ST
- nicknames
- Pug
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6952858, Wikipedia: NBR G Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.