#0076
MGWR Class 7
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by R. & W. Hawthorn· from 1852· class of 1 Irish 0-4-0 locomotive
what is it?
The MGWR Class 7 consisted of a single engine named Hawthorne for the Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland. It was the sole representative of type 0-4-0 on the MGWR though the builder R and W Hawthorn of Leith, Scotland had similar engines in build for the Great Southern and Western Railway at the same time. It was ordered for the luggage train service, and as such was the MGWR's first order for a specifically goods locomotive.
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 174 years ago, in 1852.
- Served for 21 years (1852–1873).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1852
- in service from
- 1852
- retired
- 1873
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- R. & W. Hawthorn
- operators
- Midland Great Western Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q48838952, Wikipedia: MGWR Class 7 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.