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NCC Class S1
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Northern Counties Committee· from 1908· class of 2 two-cylinder compound 2-4-2T locomotives
what is it?
The Northern Counties Committee (NCC) Class S1 was a class of two-cylinder compound 2-4-2T steam locomotives that was introduced for service on the 3 ft (910 mm) narrow gauge railways of County Antrim in north-east 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 118 years ago, in 1908.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 46 years (1908–1954).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1908–1909
- in service from
- 1908
- retired
- 1954
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Northern Counties Committee
- designer
- S. Rendall
- operators
- Northern Counties Committee, Ulster Transport Authority
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 914 mm 3 ft narrow gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-4-2
- length
- 8.8 m
- weight
- 33.5 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6953089, Wikipedia: NCC Class S1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.