#0048
MGWR Class 1
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Thomas Grendon and Company· from 1846· Irish rail locomotive type
what is it?
Midland Great Western Railway (MGWR) Classes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 13 were 2-2-2 locomotives acquired over the period 1847-1862 serving the railway in its formative years.
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 180 years ago, in 1846.
- Served for 28 years (1847–1875).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1846–1862
- in service from
- 1847
- retired
- 1875
- status
- retired
- number built
- 7
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Thomas Grendon and Company, William Fairbairn & Sons, R. B. Longridge and Company, R. & W. Hawthorn
- operators
- Midland Great Western Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-2-2
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q42851133, Wikipedia: MGWR Class 1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.