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GSR Classes 372 and 393
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Royal Arsenal· from 1925· class of 20 Irish 2-6-0 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. CIE-Coras-Iompair-Eireann-Steam-383-Broadstone-1955-Irish-LM-attributed: Deirge Del· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The Great Southern Railways Classes 372 and 393 were types of 2-6-0 ("mogul") steam locomotives exported to Ireland from Great Britain in 1924. They were designed by Richard Maunsell in 1914 for the South Eastern and Chatham Railway (SECR) to be members of the SECR N class of mixed-traffic engines. The GSR 372 and 393 classes were part of a batch of N and U class locomotive kits produced under a UK Government contract at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich.
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 101 years ago, in 1925.
- Weighs about as much as 11 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 37 years (1925–1962).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1925–1930
- in service from
- 1925
- retired
- 1962
- status
- retired
- number built
- 20
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Royal Arsenal, Inchicore Works, Broadstone Works
- designer
- R. E. L. Maunsell
- operators
- Midland Great Western Railway, Great Southern Railways, Córas Iompair Éireann
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-0
- weight
- 63 t
- nicknames
- Woolwiches, Woolworths
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5514612, Wikipedia: GSR Classes 372 and 393 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.