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Steam locomotives of Ireland

A wide variety of steam locomotives have been used on Ireland's railways. This page lists most if not all those that have been used in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Irish railways generally followed British practice in locomotive design.

The list that follows is roughly geographic (north to south) order.

Northern Ireland edit

The Ulster Transport Authority, which controlled the railways in Northern Ireland between 1948 and 1966, replaced steam haulage on passenger trains with diesel multiple units, but had only two diesel shunting locomotives, which meant a continued role for steam on freight work. Twenty-three locomotives passed to Northern Ireland Railways in 1967, but most were not used again and all had been withdrawn by 1971.

Belfast and County Down Railway edit

The Belfast and County Down Railway was founded in 1848. It absorbed the Belfast, Hollywood and Bangor Railway in 1884 and continued operating until it was nationalised in its centenary year into the Ulster Transport Authority as a result of the Ireland Act 1949.

Type Fleet
numbers
Quantity
built
Manufacturer Dates
built
Dates
withdrawn
Notes [1][2]
2-2-2 1–4 4 Bury, Curtis and Kennedy 1848 1858–1865 No. 2 renumbered 8 and rebuilt as 0–4–2; withdrawn 1890s
2-2-2WT 1T, 2T 2 William Fairbairn & Sons 1850–1851 1867–1877 Renumbered 4 and 5 in 1859
2-4-0T 5, 6 2 Beyer, Peacock & Company 1857–1858 1894–1894 No. 5 renumbered 7 in 1859
2-4-0T 8 1 Beyer, Peacock & Company 1859 1880s
0-4-2 9, 10 2 William Fairbairn & Sons 1859 1886–1887
2-4-0ST 11–13, 3, 5 5+2 Vulcan Foundry 1864–67 1890–1909 12–13 sold to BH&BR 1–2 in 1870; renumbered 15–16, along with two identical locos bought new by BH&BR (3 & 6) → BCDR 17, 20
2-4-0T 1 1 John Fowler & Co 1867 1909 rebuilt as 0–4–2 in 1884
2-4-0 12, 13 2 Manning Wardle 1868 1888–1904?
0-6-0 14 1 Vulcan Foundry 1875 1904
0-6-0 4 1 Beyer, Peacock & Company 1878 1922
0-4-2 2 1 Sharp, Stewart & Company 1880 1937 rebuilt as 0-4-2T in 1902
0-4-2 8 1 BCDR Queens Quay Works, Belfast 1881 1897
2-4-0T 18, 19 2 Yorkshire Engine Company 1870 1891 ex BH&BR 4 & 5
0-4-2 10, 9, 13, 16 4 Sharp, Stewart & Company 1886–1890 1914–1949 rebuilt as 0–4–2T (1900–1902); 9 renumbered 28 in 1945
2-4-2T 18, 19, 21, 22 4 Beyer, Peacock & Company 1891 1920 Compounds; rebuilt as 4-4-2T in late 1890s
2-4-0 23–25 3 Beyer, Peacock & Company 1892 1921 Compounds
0-6-0 26 1 Beyer, Peacock & Company 1892 1950
2-4-0 6 1 Beyer, Peacock & Company 1894 1956
2-4-2T 5, 7, 8, 27, 28, 29 6 Beyer, Peacock & Company 1896–1897 1923–1950
4-4-2T 30 12 Beyer, Peacock & Company 1901–1921 1956–1962 UTA renumbered by adding 200
0-6-0 14 1 Beyer, Peacock & Company 1904 1954 Renumbered 214 by UTA
Railmotor 1–3 3 Kitson & Company 1905–1906 1924 Carriage portions saw further use
0-6-0 10, 4 2 Beyer, Peacock & Company 1914–1921 1956 4 renumbered 204 by UTA
4-6-4T 22–25 4 Beyer, Peacock & Company 1920 1956 Renumbered 222–225 by UTA
0-6-4T 29 1 Beyer, Peacock & Company 1923 1956 Renumbered 229 by UTA
4-4-2T 8, 16, 9 3 Beyer, Peacock & Company 1924–1945 1956 UTA renumbered by adding 200
C d D1 1 Harland & Wolff 1933 Renumbered 2 in 1937
(1A)(A1)d D2 1 Harland & Wolff 1937 Renumbered 28 in 1937

Belfast and Northern Counties Railway (1848–1903) & Northern Counties Committee (1903–1949) edit

The Belfast and Northern Counties Railway (BNCR), was a railway that served the north-east of Ireland. It had its origins in the Belfast and Ballymena Railway that opened to traffic on 11 April 1848. The Northern Counties Committee came into existence on 1 July 1903 as the result of the Midland Railway taking over the BNCR. At the 1923 Grouping the Committee became part of the London Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS); with the nationalisation of the railways in Britain in 1948 the line passed to the British Transport Commission and in the following year, 1949, it was sold to the Ulster Transport Authority (UTA) as a result of the Ireland Act 1949.

Belfast and Ballymena Railway (1848–1860) and other constituents

The early locomotives of the constituent companies were to assorted designs from a number of manufacturers. The first locomotives for the Belfast and Ballymena Railway were purchased from Bury, Curtis and Kennedy. These were four 2-2-2 singles and one 0-4-2 goods engine. Later, four more 2-2-2s were ordered but this time from Sharp Brothers. Fairbairn 2-2-2s were to be found on the Ballymena Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway but this company also favoured Sharp locomotives which were double framed 2-4-0s.

Belfast and Northern Counties Railway (1860–1903) edit

The BNCR introduced class letters for its locomotive stock in 1897. The MR (NCC) and later the LMS (NCC) continued to use the system adding new classes as required.

Class Type Fleet
numbers
Quantity
built
Manufacturer Dates
built
Dates
withdrawn
Notes
A 4-4-0 3–5, 9, 17, 20, 34, 63–68 13 York Road Works (7)
Derby Works (6)
1901–1908 1929–1936 Heavy compound locomotives
B 4-4-0 24, 59–62 5 Beyer, Peacock & Company 1897–1898 1924–1932 Light compound locomotives
C 2-4-0 21, 33, 50–52, 56–57 7 Beyer, Peacock & Company 1890–1895 1926–1942 Light compound locomotives; 50 renumbered 58
D 2-4-0 50, 55 2 Beyer, Peacock & Company 1895 1944–1946 Heavy compound locomotives; named Jubilee and Parkmount; rebuilt as 4-4-0 in 1897
E 0-6-0 53–54 2 Beyer, Peacock & Company 1892 1934–1944 Compound goods locomotives
F 2-4-0 45–46, 23 3 Beyer, Peacock & Company 1880–1885 1938–1942
G 2-4-0 6, 8, 10–11, 22, 27, 29, 40–41 9 Sharp, Stewart & Company (7)
Beyer, Peacock & Company (2)
1872–1878 1925–1933
H 2-4-0 12–17 6 Sharp, Stewart & Company 1856 1908–1924
I 2-4-0 40–41 2 Beyer, Peacock & Company 1868 1924 Renumbered 1–2
J 2-4-0T 25, 47–49 4 Beyer, Peacock & Company 1883 1932–1934 Rebuilt as saddle tanks
K 0-6-0 7, 28, 30–32, 38–39, 43–44 9 Sharp, Stewart & Company (7)
Beyer, Peacock & Company (2)
1867–1880 1925–1947
L 0-6-0 18–19, 35 3 Sharp, Stewart & Company 1857–1861 1925–1933
L1 0-6-0 36–37 2 Beyer, Peacock & Company 1863 1928–1932
M 0-4-2 26 1 York Road Works 1873 1925
N 0-4-0ST 42 1 Sharp, Stewart & Company 1875 1925
O 0-4-2ST 60–62 3 Black, Hawthorn & Company 1874–1875 1911–1923 Narrow gauge locomotives; ex Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway 1–3; renumbered 101–103
P 2-4-0T 63–64 2 Beyer, Peacock & Company 1877–1878 1920–1928 Narrow gauge locomotives; ex Ballymena and Larne Railway 1 & 4; renumbered 104–105
Q 0-6-0T 65–67 3 Beyer, Peacock & Company 1877–1882 1931–1933 Narrow gauge locomotives; ex Ballymena & Larne Railway 2, 3 & 6; renumbered 106–108
R 2-6-0ST 68 1 Beyer, Peacock & Company 1880 1934 Narrow gauge locomotive; ex Ballymena & Larne Railway 5; renumbered 109
S 2-4-2T 69–70 2 Beyer, Peacock & Company 1882 1946–1954 Narrow gauge compound locomotives; renumbered 110–111

Northern Counties Committee (1903–1949) edit

Class Type Fleet
numbers
Quantity
built
Manufacturer Dates
built
Dates
withdrawn
Notes
A1 4-4-0 3, 4, 9, 17, 34, 64–66, 68 9 (1927–34) 1947–1954 Simple rebuilds of class A
B1 4-4-0 60, 61 3 (1921) (1932) Rebuilds of class B
B2 4-4-0 24 1 (1925) (1928) Simple rebuilds of class B
B3 4-4-0 21, 24, 28, 60, 61 5 (1927–32) 1938–1947 Simple rebuilds of classes B1, B2, C and C1
C1 2-4-0 21, 51, 52, 57 4 (1926–31) 1931–1947 Rebuilds of class C
D1 4-4-0 50 1 (1926) 1946 Rebuild of class D
E1 0-6-0 53–54 2 (1907–11) 1934–1944 Rebuilds of class E
F1 2-4-0 46 1 (1928) 1938 Rebuild of class F
G1 2-4-0 6, 10, 27 3 (1910–13) 1931–1933 Rebuilds of class G
K1 0-6-0 30, 32, 38–39, 43–44 6 (1909–22) 1927–1938 Rebuilds of class K
S 2-4-2T 112–113, 103–104 4 York Road Works 1908–1920 1938–1954 Narrow gauge compound locomotives; 112–113 renumbered 102–101
S1 2-4-2T 101–102 2 (1928–1930) 1942 Narrow gauge compound locomotives; rebuilds of class S; renumbered 41–42
S2 2-4-4T 110 1 (1931) 1946 Narrow gauge compound locomotive; rebuild of class S
T 90–91 2 Derby Works 1905 1913 Railmotor units
T 4-4-2T 113–114 2 Kitson & Company 1908 1940–1942 Narrow gauge locomotives; ex Ballycastle Railway 3 & 4
N 0-4-0ST 16 1 York Road Works 1914 1951
U 4-4-0 14–15, 69–70 4 Derby Works 1914–1922 1924–1937 Renumbered 70–73; rebuilt as class U2
U1 4-4-0 1–4 4 York Road Works 1924–1931 1946–1949 Named after Glens
U2 4-4-0 70–87 18 North British Locomotive Company (7)
York Road Works (7+4)
1924–1936 1956–1963
V 0-6-0 71–73 3 Derby Works 1923 1961–1964 "renumbered" X–Z; then 13–15
? 91 1 Sentinel Waggon Works 1925 1932
W 2-6-0 90–104 15 Derby Works (4)
York Road Works (11)
1933–1942 1956–1965 Most named
WT 2-6-4T 1–10, 50–57 18 Derby Works 1946–1950 1968–1971 Nicknamed "Jeeps"
Y 0-6-0T 18–19 2 WG Bagnall (1)
Hunslet Engine Company (1)
1926–1928 1956–1963 Re-gauged LMS Fowler Class 3F; arrived 1944

Cross-Border Lines edit

Following the division of Ireland in 1921 into two administrations, a number of railways now found themselves operating on both sides of the newly created boundary between Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State (later Republic of Ireland).

West Donegal Railway edit

The 3-foot (914 mm) West Donegal Railway became the Donegal Railway in 1892; and the County Donegal Railways Joint Committee after being jointly acquired in 1906 by the Great Northern Railway and the Midland Railway's Northern Counties Committee.

Class Type Fleet
numbers
Quantity
built
Manufacturer Dates
built
Dates
withdrawn
Notes [3]
1 2-4-0T 1–3 3 Sharp, Stewart & Company 1881 1909–1926
2 4-6-0T 4–9 6 Neilson & Company 1893 1931–1937
3 4-4-4T 10–11 2 Neilson, Reid & Company 1902 1933
4 4-6-4T 12–15 4 Nasmyth, Wilson & Company 1904 1953–1959 Renumbered 9–12 in 1937
5 2-6-4T 16–20 5 Nasmyth, Wilson & Company 1907 1940–1950 Renumbered 4–8 in 1937
5A 2-6-4T 21, 2A, 3A 3 Nasmyth, Wilson & Company 1912 1959 Renumbered 1–3 in 1937

Dundalk, Newry and Greenore Railway edit

Class Type Fleet
numbers
Quantity
built
Manufacturer Dates
built
Dates
withdrawn
Notes [4]
0-6-0ST 1–6 6 LNWR Crewe Works 1873–1898 1928–1951

Great Northern Railway edit

The Great Northern Railway (GNR) was formed in 1876 acquiring a variety of locomotives. Nos 1 to 23 were from Dublin and Drogheda Railway; Nos. 24 to 41 from the Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway; Nos. 43 to circa 78 from the Irish North Western Railway and Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway; Numbers in the eighties from the Newry and Armagh Railway and nos. 100 to 141 from the Ulster Railway.[5] Later acquisitions in the 1880s from the Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor and the Belfast Central Railway were numbered in the Nineties.[6] The GNR straddled the border between the Republic and Northern Ireland (after 1921), and so was not incorporated in either the CIÉ or Ulster Transport Authority. However, mounting losses saw the network purchased jointly by the Irish and British governments on 1 September 1953. It was run as a joint board, independent of the CIÉ and UTA, until 30 September 1958 when it was dissolved and the remaining stock split equally between the two railways.

? (1877–1881)
Class Type Fleet
numbers
Quantity
built
Manufacturer Dates
built
Dates
withdrawn
Notes
B 0-6-0 6, 26–27, 34, 62–63, 65–67 9 Sharp, Stewart & Company 1877–1880 1925–1938
G 2-4-0 24–25, 46–47, 59, 80 6 Beyer, Peacock & Company 1877–1883 1913–1921 Several renumbered
H 2-4-0 84–87 4 Beyer, Peacock & Company 1880–1881 1931–1932
James Crawford Park (1881–1895)
Class Type Fleet
numbers
Quantity
built
Manufacturer Dates
built
1958
CIÉ
1958
UTA
Dates
withdrawn
Notes
A 0-6-0 28, 31, 33, 79–83, 60–61, 64, 145–146, 149–150 15 Beyer, Peacock & Company (13)
Dundalk Works (2)
1882–1891 3 0 1937–1961 Several renumbered; three sold to SL&NCR
BT 4-4-0T 2–8, 91–92, 97–100 13 Beyer, Peacock & Company (3)
Dundalk Works (10)
1885–1893 1910–1935 Several renumbered
J 4-4-0 17–21, 45, 48, 115–119 12 Beyer, Peacock & Company 1885–1889 1921–1934 45/48 renumbered 15/16; two sold to SL&NCR
JS 4-2-2 88–89 2 Beyer, Peacock & Company 1885 1904 Named Victoria and Albert
P 4-4-0 51–54, 72–73, 82–83 8 Beyer, Peacock & Company 1892–1895 3 0 1950–1959 Rebuilt with superheaters as class Ps
AL 0-6-0 29, 32, 36, 55–59, 151–153 11 Beyer, Peacock & Company (7)
Dundalk Works (4)
1893–1896 6 2 1957–1961 151/152 renumbered 141/140
JT 2-4-2T 90, 93–94, 95, 13–14 6 Dundalk Works 1895–1902 1 0 1955–1963 13/14 renumbered 91/92
Charles Clifford (1895–1912)
Class Type Fleet
numbers
Quantity
built
Manufacturer Dates
built
1958
CIÉ
1958
UTA
Dates
withdrawn
Notes
PP 4-4-0 12, 25, 42–46, 50, 70–71, 74–77, 106–107, 129 17 Beyer, Peacock & Company (15)
Dundalk Works (2)
1896–1911 5 7 1957–1963 Rebuilt with superheaters as class PPs
PG 0-6-0 10–11, 78, 100–103 7 Neilson, Reid & Company (3)
Dundalk Works (4)
1899–1904 0 7 1960–1964 Rebuilt with superheaters as class PGs
Q 4-4-0 120–125, 130–136 13 Neilson, Reid & Company (9)
North British Locomotive Company (2)
Beyer, Peacock & Company (2)
1899–1904 5 4 1951–1963 Rebuilt with superheaters as class Qs
QG 0-6-0 152–155 4 North British Locomotive Company 1903–1904 4 0 1962–1963 Rebuilt with superheaters as class QGs
P 4-4-0 88–89, 104–105 4 Dundalk Works 1904–1906 1 0 1956–1960 Rebuilt with superheaters as class Ps
QL 4-4-0 24, 113–114, 126–128, 156–157 8 North British Locomotive Company (7)
Beyer, Peacock & Company (1)
1904–1910 0 3 1932–1960 Rebuilt with superheaters as class QLs
QGT 0-6-2T 98–99 2 Robert Stephenson & Company 1905 1 0 1957–1960 Rebuilt with superheaters as class QGTs
LQG 0-6-0 78, 108, 110–111, 158–164 11 North British Locomotive Company (9)
Dundalk Works (2)
1906–1908 6 5 1958–1963 Rebuilt with superheated as class LQGs
RT 0-6-4T 22–23, 166–167 4 Beyer, Peacock & Company 1908–1911 0 4 1958–1963
NQG 0-6-0 9, 38–39, 109, 112 5 Nasmyth, Wilson & Company 1911 2 3 1958–1963 Four rebuilt with superheaters as class NQGs; one rebuilt to class LQGs
NLQG 0-6-0 165 1 Nasmyth, Wilson & Company 1911 0 1 1961 Rebuilt to class LQGs
QGT2 0-6-2T 168–169 2 Robert Stephenson & Company 1911 1957
S 4-4-0 170–174 5 Beyer, Peacock & Company 1913 3 2 1964–1965 Named after mountains; CIÉ locos to UTA in 1963
SG 0-6-0 37, 40–41, 137–138 5 Beyer, Peacock & Company 1913 3 2 1961–1965
G. T. Glover (1912–1933)
Class Type Fleet
numbers
Quantity
built
Manufacturer Dates
built
1958
CIÉ
1958
UTA
Dates
withdrawn
Notes
T 4-4-2T 185–189 5 Beyer, Peacock & Company 1913 1 4 1959–1964 Rebuilt with superheaters as class T1
SG2 0-6-0 180–184 5 Beyer, Peacock & Company 1915 3 2 1961–1963
S2 4-4-0 190–192 3 Beyer, Peacock & Company 1915 1 2 1960–65
U 4-4-0 196–200 5 Beyer, Peacock & Company 1915 3 2 1959–1963 Named after Loughs
SG3 0-6-0 6–8, 13–14, 20, 47–49, 96–97, 117–118, 201–202 15 Beyer, Peacock & Company 1920–1921 7 8 1960–1967 201–202 renumbered 40–41
T2 4-4-2T 1–5 5 Beyer, Peacock & Company 1921 2 3 1959–1964
T2 4-4-2T 21, 30, 115–116, 139, 142–144, 147–148 10 Nasmyth, Wilson & Company 1924 6 4 1958–1963 147–148 renumbered 67 and 69
SG2 0-6-0 15–19 5 Nasmyth, Wilson & Company 1924–1926 2 3 1959–1965
Crane 0-6-0CT 31 1 Hawthorn Leslie 1928 0 0 1963 to Dundalk Engineering Co. (as part of Dundalk Works) in 1958; to CIÉ in 1960
T2 4-4-2T 62–66 5 Beyer, Peacock & Company 1929–1930 3 2 1959–1960
V 4-4-0 83–87 5 Beyer, Peacock & Company 1932 2 3 1959–1963 Three-cylinder compound; named after birds of prey
G. B. Howden (1933–1939)
Class Type Fleet
numbers
Quantity
built
Manufacturer Dates
built
1958
CIÉ
1958
UTA
Dates
withdrawn
Notes
UG 0-6-0 78–82 5 Dundalk Works 1937 2 3 1960–1965 [7]
H. R. McIntosh (1939–1953)
Class Type Fleet
numbers
Quantity
made
Manufacturer Dates
built
1958
CIÉ
1958
UTA
Dates
withdrawn
Notes
UG 0-6-0 145–149 5 Beyer, Peacock & Company 1948 3 2 1960–1968 [7]
U 4-4-0 201–205 5 Beyer, Peacock & Company 1948 2 3 1962–1965 Named after counties
VS 4-4-0 206–210 5 Beyer, Peacock & Company 1948 3 2 1960–1965 [7] Three-cylinder simple; named after rivers

Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway edit

Broad gauge locomotives (1862–1882)
Type Fleet
numbers
Quantity
built
Manufacturer Dates
built
Dates
withdrawn
Notes [8]
0-6-0T 1–2 2 G&W 1862 1883–1885 No. 2 renumbered 3; No. 1 sold to Londonderry Port and Harbour Commissioners
0-6-0ST 3–4 2 Robert Stephenson & Company 1864 1869–1882 No. 4 renumbered 2; Sold to Londonderry Port and Harbour Commissioners
0-6-0T 4–5 2 Sharp, Stewart & Company 1876–1879 1885 Sold to Cork and Bandon Railway as their Nos. 14–15
Narrow gauge locomotives (1882–1954)
Type Fleet
numbers
Quantity
built
Manufacturer Dates
built
Dates
withdrawn
Notes [8]
0-6-2WT 1 1 Black, Hawthorn & Company 1882 1911 Sold to a contractor
0-6-2T 2–3 2 Black, Hawthorn & Company 1883 1912–1913
0-6-0T 4 1 Black, Hawthorn & Company 1885 1940 renumbered 17 in 1913
2-4-0T 5–6 2 Robert Stephenson & Company 1874 1899 Ex Glenariff Iron Ore and Harbour Company, acquired 1885; renumbered 5A and 6A in 1899
4-6-2T 5–8 4 Hudswell Clarke 1899–1902 1940–1954 5 and 6 renumbered 15 and 16 in 1913
4-6-0T 1–4 4 Andrew Barclay Sons & Co 1902 1940–1954 Owned by the Letterkenny and Burtonport Extension Railway
4-6-2T 9–10 2 Kerr, Stuart & Company 1904 1928–1954
4-8-0 11–12 2 Hudswell Clarke 1905 1933–1954
4-6-2T 13–14 2 Hawthorn Leslie 1910 1940–1943 to Letterkenny and Burtonport Extension Railway in exchange for L&BER 5 and 6
4-8-4T 5–6 2 Hudswell Clarke 1912 1954 Owned by the Letterkenny and Burtonport Extension Railway; to L&LSR in exchange for 13 and 14.

Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway edit

The Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway was a small cross-border railway that closed in 1957. Its locomotive fleet never carried numbers, only names.

Class Type Names Quantity
built
Manufacturer Dates
built
Dates
withdrawn
Notes
Pioneer 0-6-2T Pioneer
Sligo
2 Avonside Engine Company 1877 1921
Leitrim 0-6-4T Fermanagh
Leitrim
Lurganboy
Lissadell
Hazlewood
5 Beyer, Peacock & Company 1882–1899 1947–1957 also known as Fermanagh class
Erne 4-4-0T Erne 1 Hudswell Clarke 1883 1910 rebuilt as 4-4-2T in 1885
Faugh-a-Ballagh 0-4-0ST Faugh-a-Ballagh 1 Hunslet Engine Company 1878 ? Acquired 1897: ex contractors' locomotive
Waterford 0-6-0T Waterford 1 Hunslet Engine Company 1893 ? Acquired 1897: ex contractors' locomotive
Sir Henry 0-6-4T Sir Henry
Enniskillen
Lough Gill
3 Beyer, Peacock & Company 1904–1917 1957
Glencar 4-4-0 Blacklion
Glencar
(2) Beyer, Peacock & Company 1885–87 1928–1931 Acquired 1921: ex GNRI Class J nos. 118 (Blacklion) and 119 (Glencar)
Sligo 0-6-0 Glencar ‘A’
Sligo
Sligo
(3) Beyer, Peacock & Company 1882–1890 1940–1949 Acquired 1927–1940: ex GNRI Class A nos. 31 (Glencar) and 149 (Sligo); latter swapped for GNRI 69 in 1940
Lough 0-6-4T Lough Melvin
Lough Erne
2 Beyer, Peacock & Company 1949 1957 to UTA in 1959 as nos. 26–27, UTA class Z; withdrawn 1968–1970

Irish Free State and Republic of Ireland edit

The railways wholly in the Irish Free State were merged into one private company — Great Southern Railways — in 1925. The GSR renumbered all the broad gauge locomotives into one series with the former Great Southern and Western Railway locomotives retaining their old number. The GSR had two parallel classification systems – a numerical system which was the lowest number of a locomotive in that class, and an alpha-numerical which used a letter to indicate the wheel arrangement, and a number, with the lowest number given to the most powerful class with that wheel arrangement. The latter system was only used by Inchicore Works for accounting purposes, while the former was used by locomotive crews and the drawing office at Inchicore Works.

Letter Wheel
Arrangement
Letter Wheel
Arrangement
Letter Wheel
Arrangement
A 4-8-0T F 2-4-2T K 2-6-0
B 4-6-0 G 2-4-0 L 0-4-2
C 4-4-2 H 0-6-4 M 0-4-0
D 4-4-0 I 0-6-2T N 2-2-2
E 0-4-4T J 0-6-0 P 2-6-2

Note that narrow gauge locomotive classes included the letter N after the prefix letter, letter C was also used for Bo-Bo diesels, and that letters B, C, D, F, J, and K were used for the same wheel arrangements by the London and North Eastern Railway, while E and G changed places.

In 1945, the GSR became part of Córas Iompair Éireann (CIÉ), which amalgamated the railway, road transport and canal functions of the State. CIÉ was nationalised in 1950 and settled on a policy of replacing steam with diesel locomotives, a process that was completed in 1962.

Midland Great Western Railway (1847–1924) edit

M. Atock (1872–1901)
E. Cusack (1901–1915)
W. H. Morton (1915–1924)

Great Southern and Western Railway (1845–1924) edit

Alexander McDonnell (1864–1883)
  • GS&WR Class 2 – GSR Class 2 or Class D19
  • GS&WR Class 21 – GSR Class 21 or Class G4
  • GS&WR Class 47 – GSR Class 47 or Class E3
  • GS&WR Class 90 – GSR Class 90 or Class J30
  • GS&WR Class 91 – GSR Class 91 or Class J29
  • GS&WR Class 92 – GSR Class 92 or Class H2
  • GS&WR Class 101 – GSR Class 101 or Class J15
  • GS&WR Class 203 – GSR Class 203 or Class H1
  • GS&WR Class 204 – GSR Class 204 or Class J12
  • GS&WR Class Sprite – GSR Class Sprite or Classes L4 and L5
John Aspinall (1883–1886)
Henry Ivatt (1886–1896)
Robert Coey (1896–1911)
Richard Maunsell (1911–1913)
E. A. Watson (1913–1922)
J. R. Bazin (1922–1924)

Waterford & Limerick Railway edit

The Waterford and Limerick Railway changed its name to Waterford, Limerick and Western Railway in 1896. It was acquired by the Great Southern and Western Railway in 1900; by which time all but one of its locomotive fleet had been designed by Robinson.

Type Fleet
numbers
Quantity
built
Manufacturer Dates
built
GSWR
Class
GSWR
Nos.
GSR
Class
Inchicore
Class
Dates withdrawn Notes
2-2-2 WLR 1 to 6 6 Stothert & Slaughter 1847 1860–1862
2-2-2 WLR 7 1 ? ? 1871 Acquired secondhand from William Dargan in 1853; origin unknown
2-2-2 WLR 8 to 10 3 Bury, Curtis and Kennedy 1848–49 1880–88 Acquired secondhand from William Dargan in 1850–52; né Newry, Warrenpoint and Rostrevor Railway 1 to 3 (not in order)
2-4-0 WLR 11 to 12, 17 to 21 7 William Fairbairn & Sons 1853–55 264 264 1872–1903
0-4-2 WLR 13 to 16 4 Sharp, Stewart & Company 1853–54 1891–96
0-4-2 WLR 4 to 6 3 Sharp, Stewart & Company 1862–64 223 223 1890–1901
2-2-2 WLR 28 1 Kitson & Company 1864 280 280 1902
0-4-0ST WLR 29 1 Sharp, Stewart & Company 1865 228 228 228 1925
0-4-2 WLR 3 and 7 2 Kitson & Company 1876 1888–92
2-4-0 WLR 25, 31 to 32, 8, 35 to 39 10 Vulcan Foundry 1874–82 281 277, 281–283, 261, 285–289 1902–11
0-4-2 WLR 19, 26, 27 and 33 4 Avonside Engine Company 1876 278 272, 278, 284 1899–1910
0-6-0T WLR 34 1 ? ? 229 229 1901 Acquired secondhand in 1878
0-6-0 WLR 40 and 41 2 Vulcan Foundry 1883 230 230–231 1909–10
0-6-0WT WLR 42 1 Hawthorns & Co. (Leith) 1862 232 232 1901 Acquired secondhand in 1883; ex Neath & Brecon Railway No. 3; né Anglesey Central Railway
0-6-0 WLR 1 1 Robert Stephenson & Company 1879 221 221 1909 Acquired second-hand in 1884; rebuilt as 0-6-0ST in 1899
4-4-0 WLR 9 1 Dübs & Company 1886 262 262 1912
4-4-0 WLR 12 1 Vulcan Foundry 1886 265 265 1907
0-6-0 WLR 24 1 Dübs & Company 1886 227 227 1910
J. G. Robinson (1888–1900)[9]
Type Fleet
numbers
Quantity
built
Manufacturer Dates
built
GSWR
Class
GSWR
Nos.
GSR
Class
Inchicore
Class
Dates withdrawn Notes
0-6-0 WLR 5 to 7 3 Limerick Works 1888–93 224 224 to 226 1905–1909
2-4-0 WLR 10, 22, 20, 23, 43, 44, 47, and 48 8 Dübs & Company 1889–94 276 263, 275, 273, 276, 290 to 293 276 G3 1907–1959
2-4-2T WLR 13 and 14 2 Vulcan Foundry 1891 266 226 and 227 267
491
F4
F5
1933–1935 226 sold to CMDR 6 in 1913; to GSR 491 in 1925
0-4-2T WLR 3 1 Limerick Works 1892 260 260 1912
0-6-0 WLR 45, 46, 49, and 50 4 Dübs & Company 1893–95 233 233 to 236 235 J22 1911–1951
0-4-4T WLR 15 1 Limerick Works 1894 268 268 1912
0-4-4T WLR 51 and 52 2 Kitson & Company 1895 294 294 and 295 295 E2 1910–1954
4-4-2T WLWR 16 to 18, and 21 4 Kitson & Company 1896–97 269 269 to 271, 274 269 C5 1949–1957
4-4-0 WLWR 53 to 55 3 Kitson & Company 1896–97 296 296 to 298 296 D15 1928–1949
0-6-0 WLWR 56 to 58 3 Kitson & Company 1897 237 237 to 239 222 J25 1934–1951
0-4-4T WLWR 27 1 Limerick Works 1899 279 279 279 E1 1953
0-6-0 WLWR 2, 4, 11 3 Kitson & Company 1900 222 222, 222 J25 1929–1950 4 and 11 sold before delivery to MGWR 141 and 142

Dublin and Kingstown Railway edit

Type Class
lead
Quantity
built
Manufacturer Dates
built
GSR
Class
Inchicore
Class
GSR
Nos.
Dates withdrawn Notes
2-2-0[a] Vauxhall 3 George Forrester and Company 1834 Dublin, Kingstown & Vauxhall[10][11] - subsequently converted to 2-2-2T
2-2-0 Hibernia 3 Sharp Brothers 1834 1842 Hibernia, Britania, Manchester[10][11]
2-2-0 Star 1 Horseley Iron Company 1836 Star[12][11]
2-2-0T[a] Victoria 2 George Forrester and Company 1836 Victoria & Comet[12][11] - first tank locomotives in public service subsequently converted to 2-2-2T
2-2-2T Princess 5 Grand Canal Street 1841 Princess, Belleisle, Shamrock, Erin, Albert[12][11]
2-2-2T Burgoyne 4 Grand Canal Street 1845 Burgoyne, Cyclops, Vulcan, Jupiter[12] (increased wheelbase)[11]

Dublin and South Eastern Railway (1853–1924) edit

The Dublin and South Eastern Railway started out in 1846 as the Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow and Dublin Railway Company. In 1853 it was renamed the Dublin and Wicklow Railway Company, and in 1860 it was renamed the Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway Company and on 31 December 1906 it was renamed again as the Dublin and South Eastern.

Frederick Pemberton (1854–1856)
S. W. Haughton (1856–1864)
William Meikle (1856–1864)
Type Fleet
numbers
Quantity
built
Manufacturer Dates
built
GSR
Class
Inchicore
Class
GSR
Nos.
Dates withdrawn Notes
2-2-2WT D&WR 1 and 2 2 William Fairbairn & Sons 1853 1892–1901 No. 2 renumbered 45 in 1885
2-4-0 D&WR 3 1 William Fairbairn & Sons 1853 1898 Rebuilt as 2-4-0T in 1884
2-2-2T D&WR 4 and 5 2 William Fairbairn & Sons 1853 1872–1900 No. 5 renumbered 5A in 1897
2-2-2ST D&WR 6, 7, 10 and 11 4 Vulcan Foundry 1854–55 1902–03 Renumbered 6A, 7A, 10A, 11 between 1894 and 1896
2-4-0ST D&WR 8 and 9 2 Vulcan Foundry 1855 1890–1903 Rebuilt as 2-4-0T
2-4-0 DWWR 12 to 14 3 William Fairbairn & Sons 1860 1902–23
0-4-2 DWWR 15 and 16 2 Sharp, Stewart & Company 1860 1922–25
0-4-2 DWWR 17 to 23 7 Sharp, Stewart & Company 1864 1899–1925 No. 21 rebuilt as 0-4-2T in 1904
J. Wakefield (1865–1882)
Type Fleet
numbers
Quantity
built
Manufacturer Dates
built
GSR
Class
Inchicore
Class
GSR
Nos.
Dates withdrawn Notes
2-4-0 DWWR 24 to 26, 32, and 33 5 Sharp, Stewart & Company 1864–73 422 G7 422 1928 No. 26 rebuilt as 2-4-0T in 1900
2-2-2WT DWWR Ariel et al. 7 Neilson & Company 1865 1886–94 Ariel, Elfin, Kate Kearney, Kelpie, Oberon, Titania, Banshee.[12][13] Four sold to contractors
2-2-2WT DWWR 27 and 28 2 Grand Canal Street 1869 1887
2-2-2WT DWWR 29 to 31, 34 to 36, 4, 40 and 27 9 Grand Canal Street (7)
Neilson & Company (2)
1871–1887 1902–23 4 renumbered 30 in 1902
0-4-2 DWWR 37 to 39 3 Sharp, Stewart & Company 1876 1923–25
2-4-0WT DWWR 41 1 Grand Canal Street 1882 1925 rebuilt as 2-4-0T in 1903
W. Wakefield (1882–1894)
Type Fleet
numbers
Quantity
built
Manufacturer Dates
built
GSR
Class
Inchicore
Class
GSR
Nos.
Dates withdrawn Notes
2-4-0T DWWR 42 to 44 3 Beyer, Peacock & Company 1883 1925
2-4-0T DWWR 1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 10, 28, 45 to 47, and 49 11 Grand Canal Street 1885–96 423 G1 423–426 1925–55 10, 28, 45, 46 rebuilt as 2-4-2T between 1900 and 1910
2-4-2T DWWR 3, 11 2 Grand Canal Street 1896–98 428,430 F2 428 1953
2-4-2T DWWR 10, 28, 45, 46 (4) (1900–10) 428 F2 429–433 1925–57 rebuilt from 2-4-0T
0-6-0 DWWR 50 and 51 2 Vulcan Foundry 1891 447 J7 447 1925–30
4-4-2T DWWR 52 to 54 3 Sharp, Stewart & Company 1893 458 C3 458–460 1953–1960
T. Grierson (1894–1897)
Type Fleet
numbers
Quantity
built
Manufacturer Dates
built
GSR
Class
Inchicore
Class
GSR
Nos.
Dates withdrawn Notes
4-4-0 DWWR 55 to 58 4 Vulcan Foundry 1895–96 450 D9 450–453 1929–40
R. Cronin (1897–1917)
Type Fleet
numbers
Quantity
built
Manufacturer Dates
built
GSR
Class
Inchicore
Class
GSR
Nos.
Dates withdrawn Notes
0-6-2T DWWR 4 and 5 2 Kitson & Company 1897 448 J1 448–449 1940–50 rebuilt as 0-6-0 in 1908
0-6-0 DWWR 17 1 Grand Canal Street 1899 440 J20 440 1929
0-4-2 DWWR 48 1 Grand Canal Street 1899 1913
0-6-0 DWWR 36 1 Grand Canal Street 1900 441 J14 441 1934
2-4-2T DWWR 8, 12, 27, 29, 30, 40 6 Grand Canal Street 1901–09 434 F1 434–439 1950–53
2-4-2T DWWR 59 to 64 6 Crewe Works 1883–96 427 427 1916–36 ex London & North Western Railway 4-ft 6-in Tanks, acquired 1902 and regauged
0-6-0 DWWR 13, 14, 18, 65, and 66 5 Grand Canal Street (3)
Beyer, Peacock & Company (2)
1905 442 J8 442–446 1930–1957
4-4-0 DWWR 67 and 68 2 Beyer, Peacock & Company 1905 454 D8 454 1925–1949
Railmotor DWWR 1 and 2 2 Manning Wardle 1906 (1907) Rebuilt 1907 as separate 0-4-0T and coach; locos numbered 69–70
0-4-0T DSER 69 and 70 2 Manning Wardle (1907) Imp M1 Elf
Imp
1928–31 Rebuilt from railmotors 1 and 2; later Class M2
4-4-2T DSER 20, 34, and 35 3 Grand Canal Street (1)
Beyer, Peacock & Company (2)
1911–1924 455 C2 455–457 1955–59
G. H. Wild (1917–1924)
Type Fleet
numbers
Quantity
built
Manufacturer Dates
built
GSR
Class
Inchicore
Class
GSR
Nos.
Dates withdrawn Notes
2-6-0 DSER 15 and 16 2 Beyer, Peacock & Company 1922 461 K2 461–462 1963–65

Cork, Bandon and South Coast Railway (to 1924) edit

Type Fleet
numbers
Quantity
built
Manufacturer Dates
built
GSR
Class
Inchicore
Class
GSR
Nos.
Dates withdrawn Notes
0-2-2WT 1, 2 2 William Bridges Adams 1849 1867
2-2-2 3, 4 2 Vulcan Foundry 1849–1851 1889–1890
0-4-2 5, 6 2 Sharp, Stewart & Company 1852 1879–1887
2-4-0T 1, 2, 8, 13 and 4A 5 Dübs & Company 1874–1887 482 G6 477, 482 1919–1930
2-4-0T 9 and 10 2 J. Cross 1865 1893–1895 ex West Cork Railways 1 and 2, acquired 1880
2-4-0ST 11 1 Vulcan Foundry 1877 1904 ex West Cork Railways 3, acquired 1880
0-6-0ST 5, 6, 12, 16, 17 5 Beyer, Peacock & Company 1891–1894 472
474
475
J24
J23
J21
1925–40
0-6-0T 14, 15 2 Sharp, Stewart & Company 1876–1879 1908–1910 ex Londonderry & Lough Swilly Railway 4 and 5, acquired 1885 rebuilt as 4-4-0T between 1893 and 1898
4-4-0T 3, 9, 10, 18 4 Dübs & Company (2)
Neilson & Company (2)
1891–1894 471
479
 
C6
471
479–481
1930–1936 most rebuilt as 4–4–2T between 1898 and 1902; No. 10 rebuilt as 4-6-0T in 1906
0-6-2ST 19, 20 2 Baldwin Locomotive Works 1900 1912–1914
4-4-0T CBSCR 7 1 Cork Works 1901 478 478 1934
4-6-0T 4, 8, 11, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20 8 Beyer, Peacock & Company 1906–1920 463 B4 463–470 1945–1961

Minor broad gauge railways edit

Waterford & Tramore Railway edit

  • WTR Nos. 1 and 2 – GSR Class 483 or N1
  • WTR No. 3 – GSR Class 485 or L3
  • WTR No. 4 – GSR Class 486 or L1

Cork & Macroom Direct Railway edit

  • CMDR Nos. 2–4 – GSR Class 487 or G5
  • CMDR No. 5 – GSR Class 490 or I2
  • CMDR No. 6 – GSR Class 491 or F5

Timoleague & Courtmacsherry Light Railway edit

Narrow gauge railways edit

Cavan & Leitrim Railway (to 1924) edit

  • CLR 1 to 8 — GSR Class 1L or Class DN2
  • CLR 9 – GSR Class 9L or HN1

Cork, Blackrock & Passage Railway (to 1924) edit

  • CBPR 1 to 3 – Broad gauge 2-2-2WT
  • CBPR 4 to 7 – GSR Class 4P or Class FN1, later Class 10L

Cork & Muskerry Light Railway (to 1924) edit

  • CMLR 1 to 3 – GSR Class 1K or Class DN6
  • CMLR 4 and 5 – GSR Class 5K or Class EN1, later Class 6S
  • CMLR 7 – GSR Class 7K or DN3
  • CMLR 8 – GSR Class 8K or DN7

Schull & Skibbereen Railway (to 1924) edit

  • SSLR 1 to 3 – GSR Class 2S or Class MN1
  • SSLR 4 – GSR Class 4S or Class DN5
  • SSLR 1 and 3 – GSR Class 1S or Class DN4

Tralee & Dingle Light Railway (to 1924) edit

West Clare Railway (to 1924) edit

  • WCR 5 to 7 – GSR Class 5C or Class IN1. No 5 is preserved and operational at the West Clare preserved Railway
  • WCR 2, 4, 8, and 9 – GSR Class 2C or Class PN1
  • WCR 10 – GSR Class 10C or Class BN1
  • WCR 11 – GSR Class 11C or Class BN2
  • WCR 1 – GSR Class 1C or Class BN3
  • WCR 3 and 7 – GSR Class 3C or Class BN4

Bord Na Mona edit

  • BNM 1/3 WN 2263-2265 Originally numbered 1-3 Renumbered to LM43/45. Extensively upgraded and Modified E Class locomotives from WW1. All 3 survive in Preservation. 1 is now No 7[14] on the Talyllyn. No 2 resides operational on the Stradbally Woodland Railway. No 3 "Shane" now preserved and awaiting overhaul on the Giants Causeway Line.

Great Southern Railways (1925–1944) and Córas Iompair Éireann (from 1945) edit

The GSR introduced just under sixty steam locomotives between 1925 and 1944,[15]: 349  whilst CIÉ introduced one, the experimental Bulleid turf burner. CIÉ did however acquire 83 steam locomotives, which was precisely half of the Great Northern Railway stock, when that company was split between CIÉ and the Ulster Transport Authority after 30 September 1958.[16]: 184–185 

J. R. Bazin (1925–1929)
  • GSR Class 372 – also Class K1: Numbers 372–391 (R.E.L. Maunsell, imported in 1924)
  • GSR Class 280 – also Class M1 (previous Class M1 became Class M2): numbers 280–281
  • GSR Class 700 – also Class J15a: Numbers 700–704
  • GSR Class 850 – also Class P1: Number 850
W. H. Morton (1929–1932)
  • GSR Class 393 – also Class K1a: Numbers 393–398 (R.E.L. Maunsell, imported in 1924)
  • GSR Class 495 – also Class M3: Number 495
A. W. Harty (1932–1937)
Edgar Craven Bredin (1937–1942)
M. J. Ginnetty (1942–1944)
C. F. Tyndall (1944–1951)
O. V. S Bulleid (1951–1958)

Preserved locomotives edit

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b Subsequently converted to 2-2-2T

References edit

  1. ^ Rowledge 1993, pp. 40–42.
  2. ^ "Locomotives of the Belfast and County Down Railway". The Belfast & County Down Railway Museum Trust. from the original on 17 August 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  3. ^ Rowledge 1993, pp. 116–118.
  4. ^ Rowledge 1993, p. 118.
  5. ^ Ahrons (1954), pp. 66–80.
  6. ^ Ahrons (1954), p. 69.
  7. ^ a b c Rowledge 1993, pp. 37, 56, 114.
  8. ^ a b Rowledge 1993, pp. 115.
  9. ^ Haresnape & Rowledge (1982), pp. 17–27
  10. ^ a b Kullman, Kurt (28 May 2018). "Rolling Stock". "The First Irish Railway: Westland Row to Kingstown". THP Ireland. p. 45. ISBN 978-0750987646.
  11. ^ a b c d e f Murray, K. A. (1981). "10 — Locomotives". Ireland's First Railway. Irish Railway Record Society. ISBN 0904078078.
  12. ^ a b c d e "Dublin's First Railway". Dublin Historical Record. 1 (2): 36−37. JSTOR 30080094.
  13. ^ Shepherd, Ernie (1988). The Dublin & South Eastern Railway (1988 ed.). Midland Publishing Ltd. p. 140,199,202. ISBN 1 85780 082 6.
  14. ^ Tom Rolt
  15. ^ Clements, Jeremy; McMahon, Michael (2008). Locomotives of the GSR. Colourpoint Books. ISBN 9781906578268.
  16. ^ Baker, Michael H. C. (1972). "Irish railways since 1916". Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 0711002827.

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A wide variety of steam locomotives have been used on Ireland s railways This page lists most if not all those that have been used in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland Irish railways generally followed British practice in locomotive design The list that follows is roughly geographic north to south order Contents 1 Northern Ireland 1 1 Belfast and County Down Railway 1 2 Belfast and Northern Counties Railway 1848 1903 amp Northern Counties Committee 1903 1949 1 3 Belfast and Northern Counties Railway 1860 1903 1 4 Northern Counties Committee 1903 1949 2 Cross Border Lines 2 1 West Donegal Railway 2 2 Dundalk Newry and Greenore Railway 2 3 Great Northern Railway 2 4 Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway 2 5 Sligo Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway 3 Irish Free State and Republic of Ireland 3 1 Midland Great Western Railway 1847 1924 3 2 Great Southern and Western Railway 1845 1924 3 2 1 Waterford amp Limerick Railway 3 3 Dublin and Kingstown Railway 3 4 Dublin and South Eastern Railway 1853 1924 3 5 Cork Bandon and South Coast Railway to 1924 3 6 Minor broad gauge railways 3 6 1 Waterford amp Tramore Railway 3 6 2 Cork amp Macroom Direct Railway 3 6 3 Timoleague amp Courtmacsherry Light Railway 3 7 Narrow gauge railways 3 7 1 Cavan amp Leitrim Railway to 1924 3 7 2 Cork Blackrock amp Passage Railway to 1924 3 7 3 Cork amp Muskerry Light Railway to 1924 3 7 4 Schull amp Skibbereen Railway to 1924 3 7 5 Tralee amp Dingle Light Railway to 1924 3 7 6 West Clare Railway to 1924 3 8 Bord Na Mona 3 9 Great Southern Railways 1925 1944 and Coras Iompair Eireann from 1945 4 Preserved locomotives 5 See also 6 Notes 7 References 8 Sources 9 External linksNorthern Ireland editThe Ulster Transport Authority which controlled the railways in Northern Ireland between 1948 and 1966 replaced steam haulage on passenger trains with diesel multiple units but had only two diesel shunting locomotives which meant a continued role for steam on freight work Twenty three locomotives passed to Northern Ireland Railways in 1967 but most were not used again and all had been withdrawn by 1971 Belfast and County Down Railway edit The Belfast and County Down Railway was founded in 1848 It absorbed the Belfast Hollywood and Bangor Railway in 1884 and continued operating until it was nationalised in its centenary year into the Ulster Transport Authority as a result of the Ireland Act 1949 Type Fleetnumbers Quantitybuilt Manufacturer Datesbuilt Dateswithdrawn Notes 1 2 2 2 2 1 4 4 Bury Curtis and Kennedy 1848 1858 1865 No 2 renumbered 8 and rebuilt as 0 4 2 withdrawn 1890s 2 2 2WT 1T 2T 2 William Fairbairn amp Sons 1850 1851 1867 1877 Renumbered 4 and 5 in 1859 2 4 0T 5 6 2 Beyer Peacock amp Company 1857 1858 1894 1894 No 5 renumbered 7 in 1859 2 4 0T 8 1 Beyer Peacock amp Company 1859 1880s 0 4 2 9 10 2 William Fairbairn amp Sons 1859 1886 1887 2 4 0ST 11 13 3 5 5 2 Vulcan Foundry 1864 67 1890 1909 12 13 sold to BH amp BR 1 2 in 1870 renumbered 15 16 along with two identical locos bought new by BH amp BR 3 amp 6 BCDR 17 20 2 4 0T 1 1 John Fowler amp Co 1867 1909 rebuilt as 0 4 2 in 1884 2 4 0 12 13 2 Manning Wardle 1868 1888 1904 0 6 0 14 1 Vulcan Foundry 1875 1904 0 6 0 4 1 Beyer Peacock amp Company 1878 1922 0 4 2 2 1 Sharp Stewart amp Company 1880 1937 rebuilt as 0 4 2T in 1902 0 4 2 8 1 BCDR Queens Quay Works Belfast 1881 1897 2 4 0T 18 19 2 Yorkshire Engine Company 1870 1891 ex BH amp BR 4 amp 5 0 4 2 10 9 13 16 4 Sharp Stewart amp Company 1886 1890 1914 1949 rebuilt as 0 4 2T 1900 1902 9 renumbered 28 in 1945 2 4 2T 18 19 21 22 4 Beyer Peacock amp Company 1891 1920 Compounds rebuilt as 4 4 2T in late 1890s 2 4 0 23 25 3 Beyer Peacock amp Company 1892 1921 Compounds 0 6 0 26 1 Beyer Peacock amp Company 1892 1950 2 4 0 6 1 Beyer Peacock amp Company 1894 1956 2 4 2T 5 7 8 27 28 29 6 Beyer Peacock amp Company 1896 1897 1923 1950 4 4 2T 30 12 Beyer Peacock amp Company 1901 1921 1956 1962 UTA renumbered by adding 200 0 6 0 14 1 Beyer Peacock amp Company 1904 1954 Renumbered 214 by UTA Railmotor 1 3 3 Kitson amp Company 1905 1906 1924 Carriage portions saw further use 0 6 0 10 4 2 Beyer Peacock amp Company 1914 1921 1956 4 renumbered 204 by UTA 4 6 4T 22 25 4 Beyer Peacock amp Company 1920 1956 Renumbered 222 225 by UTA 0 6 4T 29 1 Beyer Peacock amp Company 1923 1956 Renumbered 229 by UTA 4 4 2T 8 16 9 3 Beyer Peacock amp Company 1924 1945 1956 UTA renumbered by adding 200 C d D1 1 Harland amp Wolff 1933 Renumbered 2 in 1937 1A A1 d D2 1 Harland amp Wolff 1937 Renumbered 28 in 1937 Belfast and Northern Counties Railway 1848 1903 amp Northern Counties Committee 1903 1949 edit The Belfast and Northern Counties Railway BNCR was a railway that served the north east of Ireland It had its origins in the Belfast and Ballymena Railway that opened to traffic on 11 April 1848 The Northern Counties Committee came into existence on 1 July 1903 as the result of the Midland Railway taking over the BNCR At the 1923 Grouping the Committee became part of the London Midland amp Scottish Railway LMS with the nationalisation of the railways in Britain in 1948 the line passed to the British Transport Commission and in the following year 1949 it was sold to the Ulster Transport Authority UTA as a result of the Ireland Act 1949 Belfast and Ballymena Railway 1848 1860 and other constituents The early locomotives of the constituent companies were to assorted designs from a number of manufacturers The first locomotives for the Belfast and Ballymena Railway were purchased from Bury Curtis and Kennedy These were four 2 2 2 singles and one 0 4 2 goods engine Later four more 2 2 2s were ordered but this time from Sharp Brothers Fairbairn 2 2 2s were to be found on the Ballymena Ballymena Ballymoney Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway but this company also favoured Sharp locomotives which were double framed 2 4 0s Belfast and Northern Counties Railway 1860 1903 edit The BNCR introduced class letters for its locomotive stock in 1897 The MR NCC and later the LMS NCC continued to use the system adding new classes as required Class Type Fleetnumbers Quantitybuilt Manufacturer Datesbuilt Dateswithdrawn Notes A 4 4 0 3 5 9 17 20 34 63 68 13 York Road Works 7 Derby Works 6 1901 1908 1929 1936 Heavy compound locomotives B 4 4 0 24 59 62 5 Beyer Peacock amp Company 1897 1898 1924 1932 Light compound locomotives C 2 4 0 21 33 50 52 56 57 7 Beyer Peacock amp Company 1890 1895 1926 1942 Light compound locomotives 50 renumbered 58 D 2 4 0 50 55 2 Beyer Peacock amp Company 1895 1944 1946 Heavy compound locomotives named Jubilee and Parkmount rebuilt as 4 4 0 in 1897 E 0 6 0 53 54 2 Beyer Peacock amp Company 1892 1934 1944 Compound goods locomotives F 2 4 0 45 46 23 3 Beyer Peacock amp Company 1880 1885 1938 1942 G 2 4 0 6 8 10 11 22 27 29 40 41 9 Sharp Stewart amp Company 7 Beyer Peacock amp Company 2 1872 1878 1925 1933 H 2 4 0 12 17 6 Sharp Stewart amp Company 1856 1908 1924 I 2 4 0 40 41 2 Beyer Peacock amp Company 1868 1924 Renumbered 1 2 J 2 4 0T 25 47 49 4 Beyer Peacock amp Company 1883 1932 1934 Rebuilt as saddle tanks K 0 6 0 7 28 30 32 38 39 43 44 9 Sharp Stewart amp Company 7 Beyer Peacock amp Company 2 1867 1880 1925 1947 L 0 6 0 18 19 35 3 Sharp Stewart amp Company 1857 1861 1925 1933 L1 0 6 0 36 37 2 Beyer Peacock amp Company 1863 1928 1932 M 0 4 2 26 1 York Road Works 1873 1925 N 0 4 0ST 42 1 Sharp Stewart amp Company 1875 1925 O 0 4 2ST 60 62 3 Black Hawthorn amp Company 1874 1875 1911 1923 Narrow gauge locomotives ex Ballymena Cushendall and Red Bay Railway 1 3 renumbered 101 103 P 2 4 0T 63 64 2 Beyer Peacock amp Company 1877 1878 1920 1928 Narrow gauge locomotives ex Ballymena and Larne Railway 1 amp 4 renumbered 104 105 Q 0 6 0T 65 67 3 Beyer Peacock amp Company 1877 1882 1931 1933 Narrow gauge locomotives ex Ballymena amp Larne Railway 2 3 amp 6 renumbered 106 108 R 2 6 0ST 68 1 Beyer Peacock amp Company 1880 1934 Narrow gauge locomotive ex Ballymena amp Larne Railway 5 renumbered 109 S 2 4 2T 69 70 2 Beyer Peacock amp Company 1882 1946 1954 Narrow gauge compound locomotives renumbered 110 111 Northern Counties Committee 1903 1949 edit Class Type Fleetnumbers Quantitybuilt Manufacturer Datesbuilt Dateswithdrawn Notes A1 4 4 0 3 4 9 17 34 64 66 68 9 1927 34 1947 1954 Simple rebuilds of class A B1 4 4 0 60 61 3 1921 1932 Rebuilds of class B B2 4 4 0 24 1 1925 1928 Simple rebuilds of class B B3 4 4 0 21 24 28 60 61 5 1927 32 1938 1947 Simple rebuilds of classes B1 B2 C and C1 C1 2 4 0 21 51 52 57 4 1926 31 1931 1947 Rebuilds of class C D1 4 4 0 50 1 1926 1946 Rebuild of class D E1 0 6 0 53 54 2 1907 11 1934 1944 Rebuilds of class E F1 2 4 0 46 1 1928 1938 Rebuild of class F G1 2 4 0 6 10 27 3 1910 13 1931 1933 Rebuilds of class G K1 0 6 0 30 32 38 39 43 44 6 1909 22 1927 1938 Rebuilds of class K S 2 4 2T 112 113 103 104 4 York Road Works 1908 1920 1938 1954 Narrow gauge compound locomotives 112 113 renumbered 102 101 S1 2 4 2T 101 102 2 1928 1930 1942 Narrow gauge compound locomotives rebuilds of class S renumbered 41 42 S2 2 4 4T 110 1 1931 1946 Narrow gauge compound locomotive rebuild of class S T 90 91 2 Derby Works 1905 1913 Railmotor units T 4 4 2T 113 114 2 Kitson amp Company 1908 1940 1942 Narrow gauge locomotives ex Ballycastle Railway 3 amp 4 N 0 4 0ST 16 1 York Road Works 1914 1951 U 4 4 0 14 15 69 70 4 Derby Works 1914 1922 1924 1937 Renumbered 70 73 rebuilt as class U2 U1 4 4 0 1 4 4 York Road Works 1924 1931 1946 1949 Named after Glens U2 4 4 0 70 87 18 North British Locomotive Company 7 York Road Works 7 4 1924 1936 1956 1963 V 0 6 0 71 73 3 Derby Works 1923 1961 1964 renumbered X Z then 13 15 91 1 Sentinel Waggon Works 1925 1932 W 2 6 0 90 104 15 Derby Works 4 York Road Works 11 1933 1942 1956 1965 Most named WT 2 6 4T 1 10 50 57 18 Derby Works 1946 1950 1968 1971 Nicknamed Jeeps Y 0 6 0T 18 19 2 WG Bagnall 1 Hunslet Engine Company 1 1926 1928 1956 1963 Re gauged LMS Fowler Class 3F arrived 1944Cross Border Lines editFollowing the division of Ireland in 1921 into two administrations a number of railways now found themselves operating on both sides of the newly created boundary between Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State later Republic of Ireland West Donegal Railway edit The 3 foot 914 mm West Donegal Railway became the Donegal Railway in 1892 and the County Donegal Railways Joint Committee after being jointly acquired in 1906 by the Great Northern Railway and the Midland Railway s Northern Counties Committee Class Type Fleetnumbers Quantitybuilt Manufacturer Datesbuilt Dateswithdrawn Notes 3 1 2 4 0T 1 3 3 Sharp Stewart amp Company 1881 1909 1926 2 4 6 0T 4 9 6 Neilson amp Company 1893 1931 1937 3 4 4 4T 10 11 2 Neilson Reid amp Company 1902 1933 4 4 6 4T 12 15 4 Nasmyth Wilson amp Company 1904 1953 1959 Renumbered 9 12 in 1937 5 2 6 4T 16 20 5 Nasmyth Wilson amp Company 1907 1940 1950 Renumbered 4 8 in 1937 5A 2 6 4T 21 2A 3A 3 Nasmyth Wilson amp Company 1912 1959 Renumbered 1 3 in 1937 Dundalk Newry and Greenore Railway edit Class Type Fleetnumbers Quantitybuilt Manufacturer Datesbuilt Dateswithdrawn Notes 4 0 6 0ST 1 6 6 LNWR Crewe Works 1873 1898 1928 1951 Great Northern Railway edit The Great Northern Railway GNR was formed in 1876 acquiring a variety of locomotives Nos 1 to 23 were from Dublin and Drogheda Railway Nos 24 to 41 from the Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Nos 43 to circa 78 from the Irish North Western Railway and Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway Numbers in the eighties from the Newry and Armagh Railway and nos 100 to 141 from the Ulster Railway 5 Later acquisitions in the 1880s from the Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor and the Belfast Central Railway were numbered in the Nineties 6 The GNR straddled the border between the Republic and Northern Ireland after 1921 and so was not incorporated in either the CIE or Ulster Transport Authority However mounting losses saw the network purchased jointly by the Irish and British governments on 1 September 1953 It was run as a joint board independent of the CIE and UTA until 30 September 1958 when it was dissolved and the remaining stock split equally between the two railways 1877 1881 Class Type Fleetnumbers Quantitybuilt Manufacturer Datesbuilt Dateswithdrawn Notes B 0 6 0 6 26 27 34 62 63 65 67 9 Sharp Stewart amp Company 1877 1880 1925 1938 G 2 4 0 24 25 46 47 59 80 6 Beyer Peacock amp Company 1877 1883 1913 1921 Several renumbered H 2 4 0 84 87 4 Beyer Peacock amp Company 1880 1881 1931 1932 James Crawford Park 1881 1895 Class Type Fleetnumbers Quantitybuilt Manufacturer Datesbuilt 1958CIE 1958UTA Dateswithdrawn Notes A 0 6 0 28 31 33 79 83 60 61 64 145 146 149 150 15 Beyer Peacock amp Company 13 Dundalk Works 2 1882 1891 3 0 1937 1961 Several renumbered three sold to SL amp NCR BT 4 4 0T 2 8 91 92 97 100 13 Beyer Peacock amp Company 3 Dundalk Works 10 1885 1893 1910 1935 Several renumbered J 4 4 0 17 21 45 48 115 119 12 Beyer Peacock amp Company 1885 1889 1921 1934 45 48 renumbered 15 16 two sold to SL amp NCR JS 4 2 2 88 89 2 Beyer Peacock amp Company 1885 1904 Named Victoria and Albert P 4 4 0 51 54 72 73 82 83 8 Beyer Peacock amp Company 1892 1895 3 0 1950 1959 Rebuilt with superheaters as class Ps AL 0 6 0 29 32 36 55 59 151 153 11 Beyer Peacock amp Company 7 Dundalk Works 4 1893 1896 6 2 1957 1961 151 152 renumbered 141 140 JT 2 4 2T 90 93 94 95 13 14 6 Dundalk Works 1895 1902 1 0 1955 1963 13 14 renumbered 91 92 Charles Clifford 1895 1912 Class Type Fleetnumbers Quantitybuilt Manufacturer Datesbuilt 1958CIE 1958UTA Dateswithdrawn Notes PP 4 4 0 12 25 42 46 50 70 71 74 77 106 107 129 17 Beyer Peacock amp Company 15 Dundalk Works 2 1896 1911 5 7 1957 1963 Rebuilt with superheaters as class PPs PG 0 6 0 10 11 78 100 103 7 Neilson Reid amp Company 3 Dundalk Works 4 1899 1904 0 7 1960 1964 Rebuilt with superheaters as class PGs Q 4 4 0 120 125 130 136 13 Neilson Reid amp Company 9 North British Locomotive Company 2 Beyer Peacock amp Company 2 1899 1904 5 4 1951 1963 Rebuilt with superheaters as class Qs QG 0 6 0 152 155 4 North British Locomotive Company 1903 1904 4 0 1962 1963 Rebuilt with superheaters as class QGs P 4 4 0 88 89 104 105 4 Dundalk Works 1904 1906 1 0 1956 1960 Rebuilt with superheaters as class Ps QL 4 4 0 24 113 114 126 128 156 157 8 North British Locomotive Company 7 Beyer Peacock amp Company 1 1904 1910 0 3 1932 1960 Rebuilt with superheaters as class QLs QGT 0 6 2T 98 99 2 Robert Stephenson amp Company 1905 1 0 1957 1960 Rebuilt with superheaters as class QGTs LQG 0 6 0 78 108 110 111 158 164 11 North British Locomotive Company 9 Dundalk Works 2 1906 1908 6 5 1958 1963 Rebuilt with superheated as class LQGs RT 0 6 4T 22 23 166 167 4 Beyer Peacock amp Company 1908 1911 0 4 1958 1963 NQG 0 6 0 9 38 39 109 112 5 Nasmyth Wilson amp Company 1911 2 3 1958 1963 Four rebuilt with superheaters as class NQGs one rebuilt to class LQGs NLQG 0 6 0 165 1 Nasmyth Wilson amp Company 1911 0 1 1961 Rebuilt to class LQGs QGT2 0 6 2T 168 169 2 Robert Stephenson amp Company 1911 1957 S 4 4 0 170 174 5 Beyer Peacock amp Company 1913 3 2 1964 1965 Named after mountains CIE locos to UTA in 1963 SG 0 6 0 37 40 41 137 138 5 Beyer Peacock amp Company 1913 3 2 1961 1965 G T Glover 1912 1933 Class Type Fleetnumbers Quantitybuilt Manufacturer Datesbuilt 1958CIE 1958UTA Dateswithdrawn Notes T 4 4 2T 185 189 5 Beyer Peacock amp Company 1913 1 4 1959 1964 Rebuilt with superheaters as class T1 SG2 0 6 0 180 184 5 Beyer Peacock amp Company 1915 3 2 1961 1963 S2 4 4 0 190 192 3 Beyer Peacock amp Company 1915 1 2 1960 65 U 4 4 0 196 200 5 Beyer Peacock amp Company 1915 3 2 1959 1963 Named after Loughs SG3 0 6 0 6 8 13 14 20 47 49 96 97 117 118 201 202 15 Beyer Peacock amp Company 1920 1921 7 8 1960 1967 201 202 renumbered 40 41 T2 4 4 2T 1 5 5 Beyer Peacock amp Company 1921 2 3 1959 1964 T2 4 4 2T 21 30 115 116 139 142 144 147 148 10 Nasmyth Wilson amp Company 1924 6 4 1958 1963 147 148 renumbered 67 and 69 SG2 0 6 0 15 19 5 Nasmyth Wilson amp Company 1924 1926 2 3 1959 1965 Crane 0 6 0CT 31 1 Hawthorn Leslie 1928 0 0 1963 to Dundalk Engineering Co as part of Dundalk Works in 1958 to CIE in 1960 T2 4 4 2T 62 66 5 Beyer Peacock amp Company 1929 1930 3 2 1959 1960 V 4 4 0 83 87 5 Beyer Peacock amp Company 1932 2 3 1959 1963 Three cylinder compound named after birds of prey G B Howden 1933 1939 Class Type Fleetnumbers Quantitybuilt Manufacturer Datesbuilt 1958CIE 1958UTA Dateswithdrawn Notes UG 0 6 0 78 82 5 Dundalk Works 1937 2 3 1960 1965 7 H R McIntosh 1939 1953 Class Type Fleetnumbers Quantitymade Manufacturer Datesbuilt 1958CIE 1958UTA Dateswithdrawn Notes UG 0 6 0 145 149 5 Beyer Peacock amp Company 1948 3 2 1960 1968 7 U 4 4 0 201 205 5 Beyer Peacock amp Company 1948 2 3 1962 1965 Named after counties VS 4 4 0 206 210 5 Beyer Peacock amp Company 1948 3 2 1960 1965 7 Three cylinder simple named after rivers Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway edit Broad gauge locomotives 1862 1882 Type Fleetnumbers Quantitybuilt Manufacturer Datesbuilt Dateswithdrawn Notes 8 0 6 0T 1 2 2 G amp W 1862 1883 1885 No 2 renumbered 3 No 1 sold to Londonderry Port and Harbour Commissioners 0 6 0ST 3 4 2 Robert Stephenson amp Company 1864 1869 1882 No 4 renumbered 2 Sold to Londonderry Port and Harbour Commissioners 0 6 0T 4 5 2 Sharp Stewart amp Company 1876 1879 1885 Sold to Cork and Bandon Railway as their Nos 14 15 Narrow gauge locomotives 1882 1954 Type Fleetnumbers Quantitybuilt Manufacturer Datesbuilt Dateswithdrawn Notes 8 0 6 2WT 1 1 Black Hawthorn amp Company 1882 1911 Sold to a contractor 0 6 2T 2 3 2 Black Hawthorn amp Company 1883 1912 1913 0 6 0T 4 1 Black Hawthorn amp Company 1885 1940 renumbered 17 in 1913 2 4 0T 5 6 2 Robert Stephenson amp Company 1874 1899 Ex Glenariff Iron Ore and Harbour Company acquired 1885 renumbered 5A and 6A in 1899 4 6 2T 5 8 4 Hudswell Clarke 1899 1902 1940 1954 5 and 6 renumbered 15 and 16 in 1913 4 6 0T 1 4 4 Andrew Barclay Sons amp Co 1902 1940 1954 Owned by the Letterkenny and Burtonport Extension Railway 4 6 2T 9 10 2 Kerr Stuart amp Company 1904 1928 1954 4 8 0 11 12 2 Hudswell Clarke 1905 1933 1954 4 6 2T 13 14 2 Hawthorn Leslie 1910 1940 1943 to Letterkenny and Burtonport Extension Railway in exchange for L amp BER 5 and 6 4 8 4T 5 6 2 Hudswell Clarke 1912 1954 Owned by the Letterkenny and Burtonport Extension Railway to L amp LSR in exchange for 13 and 14 Sligo Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway edit The Sligo Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway was a small cross border railway that closed in 1957 Its locomotive fleet never carried numbers only names Class Type Names Quantitybuilt Manufacturer Datesbuilt Dateswithdrawn Notes Pioneer 0 6 2T PioneerSligo 2 Avonside Engine Company 1877 1921 Leitrim 0 6 4T FermanaghLeitrimLurganboyLissadellHazlewood 5 Beyer Peacock amp Company 1882 1899 1947 1957 also known as Fermanagh class Erne 4 4 0T Erne 1 Hudswell Clarke 1883 1910 rebuilt as 4 4 2T in 1885 Faugh a Ballagh 0 4 0ST Faugh a Ballagh 1 Hunslet Engine Company 1878 Acquired 1897 ex contractors locomotive Waterford 0 6 0T Waterford 1 Hunslet Engine Company 1893 Acquired 1897 ex contractors locomotive Sir Henry 0 6 4T Sir HenryEnniskillenLough Gill 3 Beyer Peacock amp Company 1904 1917 1957 Glencar 4 4 0 BlacklionGlencar 2 Beyer Peacock amp Company 1885 87 1928 1931 Acquired 1921 ex GNRI Class J nos 118 Blacklion and 119 Glencar Sligo 0 6 0 Glencar A SligoSligo 3 Beyer Peacock amp Company 1882 1890 1940 1949 Acquired 1927 1940 ex GNRI Class A nos 31 Glencar and 149 Sligo latter swapped for GNRI 69 in 1940 Lough 0 6 4T Lough MelvinLough Erne 2 Beyer Peacock amp Company 1949 1957 to UTA in 1959 as nos 26 27 UTA class Z withdrawn 1968 1970Irish Free State and Republic of Ireland editThe railways wholly in the Irish Free State were merged into one private company Great Southern Railways in 1925 The GSR renumbered all the broad gauge locomotives into one series with the former Great Southern and Western Railway locomotives retaining their old number The GSR had two parallel classification systems a numerical system which was the lowest number of a locomotive in that class and an alpha numerical which used a letter to indicate the wheel arrangement and a number with the lowest number given to the most powerful class with that wheel arrangement The latter system was only used by Inchicore Works for accounting purposes while the former was used by locomotive crews and the drawing office at Inchicore Works Letter WheelArrangement Letter WheelArrangement Letter WheelArrangement A 4 8 0T F 2 4 2T K 2 6 0 B 4 6 0 G 2 4 0 L 0 4 2 C 4 4 2 H 0 6 4 M 0 4 0 D 4 4 0 I 0 6 2T N 2 2 2 E 0 4 4T J 0 6 0 P 2 6 2 Note that narrow gauge locomotive classes included the letter N after the prefix letter letter C was also used for Bo Bo diesels and that letters B C D F J and K were used for the same wheel arrangements by the London and North Eastern Railway while E and G changed places In 1945 the GSR became part of Coras Iompair Eireann CIE which amalgamated the railway road transport and canal functions of the State CIE was nationalised in 1950 and settled on a policy of replacing steam with diesel locomotives a process that was completed in 1962 Midland Great Western Railway 1847 1924 edit M Atock 1872 1901 MGWR Class D GSR Class 530 or Class D16 MGWR Class E GSR Class 551 or Class J26 MGWR Class H GSR Class 619 or Class J6 MGWR Class K GSR Class 650 or Class G2 MGWR Classes L and Lm GSR Classes 573 and 594 Classes J18 and J19 MGWR Class Ln GSR Class 563 or Class J16 MGWR Class P GSR Class 614 or Class J10 MGWR Class W GSR Class 234 or Class J17 E Cusack 1901 1915 MGWR Classes A As and A1 GSR class 545 or Class D5 MGWR Class B GSR Class 646 or Class J2 MGWR Classes C and Cs GSR Class 536 or Class D7 MGWR Classes C and C1 GSR Class 540 or Class D6 W H Morton 1915 1924 MGWR Classes F Fa and Fb GSR Class 623 or Class J5 Great Southern and Western Railway 1845 1924 edit Alexander McDonnell 1864 1883 GS amp WR Class 2 GSR Class 2 or Class D19 GS amp WR Class 21 GSR Class 21 or Class G4 GS amp WR Class 47 GSR Class 47 or Class E3 GS amp WR Class 90 GSR Class 90 or Class J30 GS amp WR Class 91 GSR Class 91 or Class J29 GS amp WR Class 92 GSR Class 92 or Class H2 GS amp WR Class 101 GSR Class 101 or Class J15 GS amp WR Class 203 GSR Class 203 or Class H1 GS amp WR Class 204 GSR Class 204 or Class J12 GS amp WR Class Sprite GSR Class Sprite or Classes L4 and L5 John Aspinall 1883 1886 GS amp WR Class 52 GSR Class 52 or Class D17 GS amp WR Class 60 GSR Class 60 or Class D14 Henry Ivatt 1886 1896 GS amp WR Class 33 GSR Class 33 or Class F6 GS amp WR Class 37 GSR Class 37 or Class C7 GS amp WR Class 201 GSR Class 201 or Class J11 GS amp WR Jumbo GSR Class Jumbo or Class J13 Robert Coey 1896 1911 GS amp WR Class 27 GSR Class 27 or Class C4 GS amp WR Class 211 GSR Class 211 or Class J3 GS amp WR Class 213 GSR Class 213 or Class I1 GS amp WR Class 301 GSR Class 301 or Class D11 GS amp WR Class 305 GSR Class 305 or Class D12 GS amp WR Class 309 GSR Class 309 or Classes D3 and D10 GS amp WR Class 321 GSR Class 321 or Classes D2 D3 and D4 GS amp WR Class 333 GSR Class 333 or Classes D2 D3 D4 and D4a GS amp WR Class 341 GSR Class 341 or Class D1 GS amp WR Class 351 GSR Class 351 or Class J9 GS amp WR Class 355 GSR Class 355 or Class K3 GS amp WR Class 362 GSR Class 362 or Class B3 Long Toms GS amp WR Class 368 GSR Class 368 or Class K4 Richard Maunsell 1911 1913 GS amp WR Class 257 GSR Class 257 or Class J4 GS amp WR Sambo GSR Class Sambo or Class L2 E A Watson 1913 1922 GS amp WR Class 900 GSR Class 900 or Class A1 GS amp WR 400 Class GSR Class 400 or Classes B2 amp B2a J R Bazin 1922 1924 GS amp WR Class 500 GSR Class 500 or Class B1 Waterford amp Limerick Railway edit The Waterford and Limerick Railway changed its name to Waterford Limerick and Western Railway in 1896 It was acquired by the Great Southern and Western Railway in 1900 by which time all but one of its locomotive fleet had been designed by Robinson Type Fleetnumbers Quantitybuilt Manufacturer Datesbuilt GSWRClass GSWRNos GSRClass InchicoreClass Dates withdrawn Notes 2 2 2 WLR 1 to 6 6 Stothert amp Slaughter 1847 1860 1862 2 2 2 WLR 7 1 1871 Acquired secondhand from William Dargan in 1853 origin unknown 2 2 2 WLR 8 to 10 3 Bury Curtis and Kennedy 1848 49 1880 88 Acquired secondhand from William Dargan in 1850 52 ne Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor Railway 1 to 3 not in order 2 4 0 WLR 11 to 12 17 to 21 7 William Fairbairn amp Sons 1853 55 264 264 1872 1903 0 4 2 WLR 13 to 16 4 Sharp Stewart amp Company 1853 54 1891 96 0 4 2 WLR 4 to 6 3 Sharp Stewart amp Company 1862 64 223 223 1890 1901 2 2 2 WLR 28 1 Kitson amp Company 1864 280 280 1902 0 4 0ST WLR 29 1 Sharp Stewart amp Company 1865 228 228 228 1925 0 4 2 WLR 3 and 7 2 Kitson amp Company 1876 1888 92 2 4 0 WLR 25 31 to 32 8 35 to 39 10 Vulcan Foundry 1874 82 281 277 281 283 261 285 289 1902 11 0 4 2 WLR 19 26 27 and 33 4 Avonside Engine Company 1876 278 272 278 284 1899 1910 0 6 0T WLR 34 1 229 229 1901 Acquired secondhand in 1878 0 6 0 WLR 40 and 41 2 Vulcan Foundry 1883 230 230 231 1909 10 0 6 0WT WLR 42 1 Hawthorns amp Co Leith 1862 232 232 1901 Acquired secondhand in 1883 ex Neath amp Brecon Railway No 3 ne Anglesey Central Railway 0 6 0 WLR 1 1 Robert Stephenson amp Company 1879 221 221 1909 Acquired second hand in 1884 rebuilt as 0 6 0ST in 1899 4 4 0 WLR 9 1 Dubs amp Company 1886 262 262 1912 4 4 0 WLR 12 1 Vulcan Foundry 1886 265 265 1907 0 6 0 WLR 24 1 Dubs amp Company 1886 227 227 1910 J G Robinson 1888 1900 9 Type Fleetnumbers Quantitybuilt Manufacturer Datesbuilt GSWRClass GSWRNos GSRClass InchicoreClass Dates withdrawn Notes 0 6 0 WLR 5 to 7 3 Limerick Works 1888 93 224 224 to 226 1905 1909 2 4 0 WLR 10 22 20 23 43 44 47 and 48 8 Dubs amp Company 1889 94 276 263 275 273 276 290 to 293 276 G3 1907 1959 2 4 2T WLR 13 and 14 2 Vulcan Foundry 1891 266 226 and 227 267491 F4F5 1933 1935 226 sold to CMDR 6 in 1913 to GSR 491 in 1925 0 4 2T WLR 3 1 Limerick Works 1892 260 260 1912 0 6 0 WLR 45 46 49 and 50 4 Dubs amp Company 1893 95 233 233 to 236 235 J22 1911 1951 0 4 4T WLR 15 1 Limerick Works 1894 268 268 1912 0 4 4T WLR 51 and 52 2 Kitson amp Company 1895 294 294 and 295 295 E2 1910 1954 4 4 2T WLWR 16 to 18 and 21 4 Kitson amp Company 1896 97 269 269 to 271 274 269 C5 1949 1957 4 4 0 WLWR 53 to 55 3 Kitson amp Company 1896 97 296 296 to 298 296 D15 1928 1949 0 6 0 WLWR 56 to 58 3 Kitson amp Company 1897 237 237 to 239 222 J25 1934 1951 0 4 4T WLWR 27 1 Limerick Works 1899 279 279 279 E1 1953 0 6 0 WLWR 2 4 11 3 Kitson amp Company 1900 222 222 222 J25 1929 1950 4 and 11 sold before delivery to MGWR 141 and 142 Dublin and Kingstown Railway edit Type Classlead Quantitybuilt Manufacturer Datesbuilt GSRClass InchicoreClass GSRNos Dates withdrawn Notes 2 2 0 a Vauxhall 3 George Forrester and Company 1834 Dublin Kingstown amp Vauxhall 10 11 subsequently converted to 2 2 2T 2 2 0 Hibernia 3 Sharp Brothers 1834 1842 Hibernia Britania Manchester 10 11 2 2 0 Star 1 Horseley Iron Company 1836 Star 12 11 2 2 0T a Victoria 2 George Forrester and Company 1836 Victoria amp Comet 12 11 first tank locomotives in public service subsequently converted to 2 2 2T 2 2 2T Princess 5 Grand Canal Street 1841 Princess Belleisle Shamrock Erin Albert 12 11 2 2 2T Burgoyne 4 Grand Canal Street 1845 Burgoyne Cyclops Vulcan Jupiter 12 increased wheelbase 11 Dublin and South Eastern Railway 1853 1924 edit The Dublin and South Eastern Railway started out in 1846 as the Waterford Wexford Wicklow and Dublin Railway Company In 1853 it was renamed the Dublin and Wicklow Railway Company and in 1860 it was renamed the Dublin Wicklow and Wexford Railway Company and on 31 December 1906 it was renamed again as the Dublin and South Eastern Frederick Pemberton 1854 1856 S W Haughton 1856 1864 William Meikle 1856 1864 Type Fleetnumbers Quantitybuilt Manufacturer Datesbuilt GSRClass InchicoreClass GSRNos Dates withdrawn Notes 2 2 2WT D amp WR 1 and 2 2 William Fairbairn amp Sons 1853 1892 1901 No 2 renumbered 45 in 1885 2 4 0 D amp WR 3 1 William Fairbairn amp Sons 1853 1898 Rebuilt as 2 4 0T in 1884 2 2 2T D amp WR 4 and 5 2 William Fairbairn amp Sons 1853 1872 1900 No 5 renumbered 5A in 1897 2 2 2ST D amp WR 6 7 10 and 11 4 Vulcan Foundry 1854 55 1902 03 Renumbered 6A 7A 10A 11 between 1894 and 1896 2 4 0ST D amp WR 8 and 9 2 Vulcan Foundry 1855 1890 1903 Rebuilt as 2 4 0T 2 4 0 DWWR 12 to 14 3 William Fairbairn amp Sons 1860 1902 23 0 4 2 DWWR 15 and 16 2 Sharp Stewart amp Company 1860 1922 25 0 4 2 DWWR 17 to 23 7 Sharp Stewart amp Company 1864 1899 1925 No 21 rebuilt as 0 4 2T in 1904 J Wakefield 1865 1882 Type Fleetnumbers Quantitybuilt Manufacturer Datesbuilt GSRClass InchicoreClass GSRNos Dates withdrawn Notes 2 4 0 DWWR 24 to 26 32 and 33 5 Sharp Stewart amp Company 1864 73 422 G7 422 1928 No 26 rebuilt as 2 4 0T in 1900 2 2 2WT DWWR Ariel et al 7 Neilson amp Company 1865 1886 94 Ariel Elfin Kate Kearney Kelpie Oberon Titania Banshee 12 13 Four sold to contractors 2 2 2WT DWWR 27 and 28 2 Grand Canal Street 1869 1887 2 2 2WT DWWR 29 to 31 34 to 36 4 40 and 27 9 Grand Canal Street 7 Neilson amp Company 2 1871 1887 1902 23 4 renumbered 30 in 1902 0 4 2 DWWR 37 to 39 3 Sharp Stewart amp Company 1876 1923 25 2 4 0WT DWWR 41 1 Grand Canal Street 1882 1925 rebuilt as 2 4 0T in 1903 W Wakefield 1882 1894 Type Fleetnumbers Quantitybuilt Manufacturer Datesbuilt GSRClass InchicoreClass GSRNos Dates withdrawn Notes 2 4 0T DWWR 42 to 44 3 Beyer Peacock amp Company 1883 1925 2 4 0T DWWR 1 2 6 7 9 10 28 45 to 47 and 49 11 Grand Canal Street 1885 96 423 G1 423 426 1925 55 10 28 45 46 rebuilt as 2 4 2T between 1900 and 1910 2 4 2T DWWR 3 11 2 Grand Canal Street 1896 98 428 430 F2 428 1953 2 4 2T DWWR 10 28 45 46 4 1900 10 428 F2 429 433 1925 57 rebuilt from 2 4 0T 0 6 0 DWWR 50 and 51 2 Vulcan Foundry 1891 447 J7 447 1925 30 4 4 2T DWWR 52 to 54 3 Sharp Stewart amp Company 1893 458 C3 458 460 1953 1960 T Grierson 1894 1897 Type Fleetnumbers Quantitybuilt Manufacturer Datesbuilt GSRClass InchicoreClass GSRNos Dates withdrawn Notes 4 4 0 DWWR 55 to 58 4 Vulcan Foundry 1895 96 450 D9 450 453 1929 40 R Cronin 1897 1917 Type Fleetnumbers Quantitybuilt Manufacturer Datesbuilt GSRClass InchicoreClass GSRNos Dates withdrawn Notes 0 6 2T DWWR 4 and 5 2 Kitson amp Company 1897 448 J1 448 449 1940 50 rebuilt as 0 6 0 in 1908 0 6 0 DWWR 17 1 Grand Canal Street 1899 440 J20 440 1929 0 4 2 DWWR 48 1 Grand Canal Street 1899 1913 0 6 0 DWWR 36 1 Grand Canal Street 1900 441 J14 441 1934 2 4 2T DWWR 8 12 27 29 30 40 6 Grand Canal Street 1901 09 434 F1 434 439 1950 53 2 4 2T DWWR 59 to 64 6 Crewe Works 1883 96 427 427 1916 36 ex London amp North Western Railway 4 ft 6 in Tanks acquired 1902 and regauged 0 6 0 DWWR 13 14 18 65 and 66 5 Grand Canal Street 3 Beyer Peacock amp Company 2 1905 442 J8 442 446 1930 1957 4 4 0 DWWR 67 and 68 2 Beyer Peacock amp Company 1905 454 D8 454 1925 1949 Railmotor DWWR 1 and 2 2 Manning Wardle 1906 1907 Rebuilt 1907 as separate 0 4 0T and coach locos numbered 69 70 0 4 0T DSER 69 and 70 2 Manning Wardle 1907 Imp M1 ElfImp 1928 31 Rebuilt from railmotors 1 and 2 later Class M2 4 4 2T DSER 20 34 and 35 3 Grand Canal Street 1 Beyer Peacock amp Company 2 1911 1924 455 C2 455 457 1955 59 G H Wild 1917 1924 Type Fleetnumbers Quantitybuilt Manufacturer Datesbuilt GSRClass InchicoreClass GSRNos Dates withdrawn Notes 2 6 0 DSER 15 and 16 2 Beyer Peacock amp Company 1922 461 K2 461 462 1963 65 Cork Bandon and South Coast Railway to 1924 edit Type Fleetnumbers Quantitybuilt Manufacturer Datesbuilt GSRClass InchicoreClass GSRNos Dates withdrawn Notes 0 2 2WT 1 2 2 William Bridges Adams 1849 1867 2 2 2 3 4 2 Vulcan Foundry 1849 1851 1889 1890 0 4 2 5 6 2 Sharp Stewart amp Company 1852 1879 1887 2 4 0T 1 2 8 13 and 4A 5 Dubs amp Company 1874 1887 482 G6 477 482 1919 1930 2 4 0T 9 and 10 2 J Cross 1865 1893 1895 ex West Cork Railways 1 and 2 acquired 1880 2 4 0ST 11 1 Vulcan Foundry 1877 1904 ex West Cork Railways 3 acquired 1880 0 6 0ST 5 6 12 16 17 5 Beyer Peacock amp Company 1891 1894 472474475 J24J23J21 1925 40 0 6 0T 14 15 2 Sharp Stewart amp Company 1876 1879 1908 1910 ex Londonderry amp Lough Swilly Railway 4 and 5 acquired 1885 rebuilt as 4 4 0T between 1893 and 1898 4 4 0T 3 9 10 18 4 Dubs amp Company 2 Neilson amp Company 2 1891 1894 471479 C6 471479 481 1930 1936 most rebuilt as 4 4 2T between 1898 and 1902 No 10 rebuilt as 4 6 0T in 1906 0 6 2ST 19 20 2 Baldwin Locomotive Works 1900 1912 1914 4 4 0T CBSCR 7 1 Cork Works 1901 478 478 1934 4 6 0T 4 8 11 13 14 15 19 20 8 Beyer Peacock amp Company 1906 1920 463 B4 463 470 1945 1961 Minor broad gauge railways edit Waterford amp Tramore Railway edit WTR Nos 1 and 2 GSR Class 483 or N1 WTR No 3 GSR Class 485 or L3 WTR No 4 GSR Class 486 or L1 Cork amp Macroom Direct Railway edit CMDR Nos 2 4 GSR Class 487 or G5 CMDR No 5 GSR Class 490 or I2 CMDR No 6 GSR Class 491 or F5 Timoleague amp Courtmacsherry Light Railway edit TCLR Argadeen GSR Class K5 TCLR St Molaga GSR Class L6 Narrow gauge railways edit Cavan amp Leitrim Railway to 1924 edit CLR 1 to 8 GSR Class 1L or Class DN2 CLR 9 GSR Class 9L or HN1 Cork Blackrock amp Passage Railway to 1924 edit CBPR 1 to 3 Broad gauge 2 2 2WT CBPR 4 to 7 GSR Class 4P or Class FN1 later Class 10L Cork amp Muskerry Light Railway to 1924 edit CMLR 1 to 3 GSR Class 1K or Class DN6 CMLR 4 and 5 GSR Class 5K or Class EN1 later Class 6S CMLR 7 GSR Class 7K or DN3 CMLR 8 GSR Class 8K or DN7 Schull amp Skibbereen Railway to 1924 edit SSLR 1 to 3 GSR Class 2S or Class MN1 SSLR 4 GSR Class 4S or Class DN5 SSLR 1 and 3 GSR Class 1S or Class DN4 Tralee amp Dingle Light Railway to 1924 edit TDLR 1 to 3 6 and 8 GSR Class 1T or Class KN2 TDLR 5 GSR Class 5T or Class PN2 Currently preserved TDLR 7 and 8 GSR Class 4T or Class KN1 West Clare Railway to 1924 edit WCR 5 to 7 GSR Class 5C or Class IN1 No 5 is preserved and operational at the West Clare preserved Railway WCR 2 4 8 and 9 GSR Class 2C or Class PN1 WCR 10 GSR Class 10C or Class BN1 WCR 11 GSR Class 11C or Class BN2 WCR 1 GSR Class 1C or Class BN3 WCR 3 and 7 GSR Class 3C or Class BN4 Bord Na Mona edit BNM 1 3 WN 2263 2265 Originally numbered 1 3 Renumbered to LM43 45 Extensively upgraded and Modified E Class locomotives from WW1 All 3 survive in Preservation 1 is now No 7 14 on the Talyllyn No 2 resides operational on the Stradbally Woodland Railway No 3 Shane now preserved and awaiting overhaul on the Giants Causeway Line Great Southern Railways 1925 1944 and Coras Iompair Eireann from 1945 edit The GSR introduced just under sixty steam locomotives between 1925 and 1944 15 349 whilst CIE introduced one the experimental Bulleid turf burner CIE did however acquire 83 steam locomotives which was precisely half of the Great Northern Railway stock when that company was split between CIE and the Ulster Transport Authority after 30 September 1958 16 184 185 J R Bazin 1925 1929 GSR Class 372 also Class K1 Numbers 372 391 R E L Maunsell imported in 1924 GSR Class 280 also Class M1 previous Class M1 became Class M2 numbers 280 281 GSR Class 700 also Class J15a Numbers 700 704 GSR Class 850 also Class P1 Number 850 W H Morton 1929 1932 GSR Class 393 also Class K1a Numbers 393 398 R E L Maunsell imported in 1924 GSR Class 495 also Class M3 Number 495 A W Harty 1932 1937 GSR Class 670 also Class I3 Numbers 670 674 GSR Class 710 also Class J15b Numbers 710 719 Edgar Craven Bredin 1937 1942 GSR Class 800 also Class B1a Numbers 800 802 M J Ginnetty 1942 1944 C F Tyndall 1944 1951 O V S Bulleid 1951 1958 CIE No CC1 Turf burning locomotivePreserved locomotives editList of steam locomotives in IrelandSee also editDiesel locomotives of Ireland Multiple units of Ireland Coaching stock of Ireland History of rail transport in Ireland Rail freight stock of IrelandNotes edit a b Subsequently converted to 2 2 2TReferences edit Rowledge 1993 pp 40 42 Locomotives of the Belfast and County Down Railway The Belfast amp County Down Railway Museum Trust Archived from the original on 17 August 2013 Retrieved 4 June 2013 Rowledge 1993 pp 116 118 Rowledge 1993 p 118 Ahrons 1954 pp 66 80 Ahrons 1954 p 69 a b c Rowledge 1993 pp 37 56 114 a b Rowledge 1993 pp 115 Haresnape amp Rowledge 1982 pp 17 27 a b Kullman Kurt 28 May 2018 Rolling Stock The First Irish Railway Westland Row to Kingstown THP Ireland p 45 ISBN 978 0750987646 a b c d e f Murray K A 1981 10 Locomotives Ireland s First Railway Irish Railway Record Society ISBN 0904078078 a b c d e Dublin s First Railway Dublin Historical Record 1 2 36 37 JSTOR 30080094 Shepherd Ernie 1988 The Dublin amp South Eastern Railway 1988 ed Midland Publishing Ltd p 140 199 202 ISBN 1 85780 082 6 Tom Rolt Clements Jeremy McMahon Michael 2008 Locomotives of the GSR Colourpoint Books ISBN 9781906578268 Baker Michael H C 1972 Irish railways since 1916 Ian Allan Publishing ISBN 0711002827 Sources editAhrons E L 1954 L L Asher ed Locomotive and train working in the latter part of the nineteenth century Vol six W Heffer amp Sons Ltd Clements Jeremy amp McMahon Michael 2008 Locomotives of the GSR Newtownards Colourpoint Books ISBN 978 1 906578 26 8 Haresnape Brian Rowledge Peter 1982 Robinson Locomotives a pictorial history Shepperton Ian Allan Publishing ISBN 0 7110 1151 6 Rowledge J W P 1993 Irish Steam Locomotive Register Stockport Merseyside Irish Traction Group ISBN 0 947773 33 9 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Steam locomotives of Ireland Eiretrains Irish Steam Locomotives Irish Railway Technology and Information reporting on all aspects of Irish railways Guinness locomotives Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Steam locomotives of Ireland amp oldid 1221813834, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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