#0950
GNRI Class PG
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by North British Locomotive Company· from 1899· classes of Irish 0-6-0 locomotives
what is it?
Great Northern Railway Classes PG, QG, QLG and QNG were a series of 0-6-0 freight locomotives introduced from 1899 by Charles Clifford.
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 127 years ago, in 1899.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 65 years (1899–1964).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1899–1911
- in service from
- 1899
- retired
- 1964
- status
- retired
- number built
- 28
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- North British Locomotive Company, Neilson and Company, Nasmyth, Wilson and Company, Dundalk Works
- designer
- C. Clifford
- operators
- Great Northern Railway (Ireland), Ulster Transport Authority, Córas Iompair Éireann
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
- weight
- 39.6 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q60785950, Wikipedia: GNRI Class PG (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.