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GSR Class 280
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Sentinel Waggon Works· from 1927· class of 2 Irish 0-4-0VBT locomotives
what is it?
The Great Southern Railways (GSR) Class 280 were 0-4-0T locomotives built by Sentinel in 1927.
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 99 years ago, in 1927.
- Served for 21 years (1927–1948).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1927
- in service from
- 1927
- retired
- 1948
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Sentinel Waggon Works
- operators
- Great Southern Railways, Córas Iompair Éireann
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-0T
- length
- 6.4 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q55612199, Wikipedia: GSR Class 280 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.