BNCR Class A

what is it?

The Belfast and Northern Counties Railway (BNCR) Class A was a class of 13 two-cylinder compound steam locomotives built for service in north-east Ireland. The first two members of the class would be the last locomotives to be built for the independent BNCR, being completed before its purchase by the Midland Railway in 1903. The members of the class were rebuilt by the LMS (NCC) becoming either Class A1 or Class U2 depending on how they had been modified.

who runs it

base stats

• built 13made in total

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 125 years ago, in 1901.
• 📏14.9 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.

steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.

spec sheet

built

1901–1908

retired

1954

status

retired

number built

13

kind

Steam

traction

steam

origin

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

builders

Northern Counties Committee, Midland Railway, Derby Works

operators

Northern Counties Committee, London, Midland and Scottish Railway, Ulster Transport Authority, Belfast and Northern Counties Railway

top speed

—

power

—

gauge

1,600 mm Irish broad gauge

wheel arrangement

4-4-0

length

14.9 m

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.