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Iraqi State Railways PC class
Iraq ·built by Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns· from 1940· class of 4 Iraqi 4-6-2 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. The British Army in the Middle East 1943 E25833: Neill (Sgt), No 1 Army Film & Photographic Unit· Public domain
what is it?
The PC class was a type of standard gauge passenger steam locomotive on Iraqi State Railways. In 1940 the ISR completed the Baghdad Railway between Baghdad and Tel Kotchek on the border with Syria, enabling the Taurus Express to start running between Istanbul and Baghdad. In 1941 Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns built four Pacific locomotives for ISR to haul the new through service on the Iraqi section of its route.
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 86 years ago, in 1940.
- Served for 26 years (1941–1967).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1940
- in service from
- 1941
- retired
- 1967
- status
- retired
- number built
- 4
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- Iraq
- builders
- Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns
- operators
- Iraqi Republic Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-2
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6068082, Wikipedia: Iraqi State Railways PC class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.