#2116
NCC Class Y
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by W. G. Bagnall Ltd.· from 1926· class of 2 ex LMS Class 3F 0-6-0T regauged to 1600mm
what is it?
The LMS Northern Counties Committee (NCC) Class Y was a class of 0-6-0T steam locomotives formed when two LMS Fowler Class 3F engines (Nos.7456 and 7553) were regauged from 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge to the 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) Irish broad gauge in 1944 becoming NCC Nos.18 and 19.
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 100 years ago, in 1926.
- Weighs about as much as 8 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 9.5 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 19 years (1944–1963).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1926–1928
- in service from
- 1944
- retired
- 1963
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- W. G. Bagnall Ltd., Hunslet Engine Company
- operators
- Northern Counties Committee, London, Midland and Scottish Railway, Ulster Transport Authority
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0T
- length
- 9.5 m
- weight
- 49.8 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q6953098, Wikipedia: NCC Class Y (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.