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South Devon Railway Comet class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by R. B. Longridge and Company· from 1851· class of 12 British broad-gauge 4-4-0T locomotives
what is it?
The Comet class were 12 4-4-0ST broad gauge locomotives operated on Britain's South Devon Railway and associated railways. They were designed for passenger trains on this steep and sharply curved line but were also used on goods trains when required. They were ordered by Evans and Geach who were contracted to operate the railway's 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 175 years ago, in 1851.
- Served for 33 years (1851–1884).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1851–1853
- in service from
- 1851
- retired
- 1884
- status
- retired
- number built
- 12
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- R. B. Longridge and Company, Haigh Foundry, William Fairbairn & Sons, Avonside Engine Company, Stothert, Slaughter and Company
- designer
- Daniel Gooch
- operators
- Great Western Railway, South Devon Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 2,140 mm Brunel broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7567045, Wikipedia: South Devon Railway Comet class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.