#2036
NCC Class U2
🇮🇪 Ireland ·built by North British Locomotive Company· from 1924· class of 18 Irish 4-4-0 locomotives
6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Steam train, Ulster Folk and Transport Museum - panoramio: Pastor Sam· CC BY 3.0
- 2. Class U2 Dunluce Castle: Dawgz· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Cultra 2: Milepost98· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Northern Counties Committee No. 74 "Dunluce Castle" at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum - August 2014: Reading Tom· CC BY 2.0
- 5. Ulster Transport Museum, Cultra, Railway Gallery 01: NearEMPTiness· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Ulster Transport Museum, Cultra, Railway Gallery 02: NearEMPTiness· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Northern Counties Committee (NCC) Class U2 4-4-0 passenger steam locomotives consisted of 18 locomotives built for service in Northern Ireland. Ten of the engines were new builds supplied by the North British Locomotive Company (NBL) or constructed at the NCC's York Road works. The remainder were rebuilds of existing locomotives.
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 102 years ago, in 1924.
- Weighs about as much as 9 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 14.9 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 38 years (1924–1962).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1924–1934
- in service from
- 1924
- retired
- 1962
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 18
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇮🇪 Ireland
- builders
- North British Locomotive Company
- operators
- Northern Counties Committee, London, Midland and Scottish Railway, Ulster Transport Authority
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0
- length
- 14.9 m
- weight
- 51.8 t
- nicknames
- "Scotch Engine"
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6953091, Wikipedia: NCC Class U2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.