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SSLR 1 and 3
🇮🇪 Ireland ·built by Peckett and Sons· from 1905· class of 2 Irish 4-4-0T locomotives
what is it?
Schull and Skibbereen Light Railway 1 and 3 were two 4-4-0T locomotives manufactured by Peckett and Sons in 1906 and 1914 respectively. They were the Schull and Skibbereen Railway's fifth and sixth locomotives, and took the numbers of withdrawn locomotives.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 121 years ago, in 1905.
- Weighs about as much as 4 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 48 years (1905–1953).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1905–1914
- in service from
- 1905
- retired
- 1953
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇮🇪 Ireland
- builders
- Peckett and Sons
- operators
- Great Southern Railways, Córas Iompair Éireann, Schull and Skibbereen Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 914 mm 3 ft narrow gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0
- length
- 7.9 m
- weight
- 26.4 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7393018, Wikipedia: SSLR 1 and 3 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.