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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.

Northern Ireland

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 Twenty-three locomotives passed to Northern Ireland Railways in 1967, but most were not used again and all had been withdrawn by 1971.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

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
made		 Manufacturer Date
made		 Date
withdrawn		 Notes [1][2]
2-2-2 1–4 4 Bury, Curtis and Kennedy 1848 1858–1865 No. 2 renumbered 8 and rebuilt as 0–4–2; withdrawn 1890s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 3, 15, 30, 11, 12, 1, 17, 20, 13, 18, 9, 21 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)

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)

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
made		 Manufacturer Date
made		 Date
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)

Class Type Fleet
numbers		 Quantity
made		 Manufacturer Date
made		 Date
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"
X 0-6-0DH 17 1 Harland & Wolff 1936 1970 330 hp Diesel shunter
? 0-6-0DM 22 1 Harland & Wolff 1934 ? 175;hp Diesel shunter; ex War Department 233, né LMS 7057
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

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

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
made		 Manufacturer Date
made		 Date
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

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withdrawn		 Notes [4]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

Great Northern Railway

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
made		 Manufacturer Date
made		 Date
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
made		 Manufacturer Date
made		 1958
CIÉ		 1958
UTA		 Date
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
made		 Manufacturer Date
made		 1958
CIÉ		 1958
UTA		 Date
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
made		 Manufacturer Date
made		 1958
CIÉ		 1958
UTA		 Date
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
made		 Manufacturer Date
made		 1958
CIÉ		 1958
UTA		 Date
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 Date
made		 1958
CIÉ		 1958
UTA		 Date
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

Broad gauge locomotives (1862–1882)
Type Fleet
numbers		 Quantity
made		 Manufacturer Date
made		 Date
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
made		 Manufacturer Date
made		 Date
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

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
made		 Manufacturer Date
made		 Date
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

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)

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

Great Southern and Western Railway (1845–1924)

Alexander McDonnell (1864–1883)
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

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
made		 Manufacturer Date
made		 GSWR
Class		 GSWR
Nos.		 GSR
Class		 Inchicore
Class		 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
made		 Manufacturer Date
made		 GSWR
Class		 GSWR
Nos.		 GSR
Class		 Inchicore
Class		 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

Type Class
lead		 Quantity
made		 Manufacturer Date
made		 GSR
Class		 Inchicore
Class		 GSR
Nos.		 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)

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
made		 Manufacturer Date
made		 GSR
Class		 Inchicore
Class		 GSR
Nos.		 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
made		 Manufacturer Date
made		 GSR
Class		 Inchicore
Class		 GSR
Nos.		 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
made		 Manufacturer Date
made		 GSR
Class		 Inchicore
Class		 GSR
Nos.		 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
made		 Manufacturer Date
made		 GSR
Class		 Inchicore
Class		 GSR
Nos.		 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
made		 Manufacturer Date
made		 GSR
Class		 Inchicore
Class		 GSR
Nos.		 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
made		 Manufacturer Date
made		 GSR
Class		 Inchicore
Class		 GSR
Nos.		 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)

Type Fleet
numbers		 Quantity
made		 Manufacturer Date
made		 GSR
Class		 Inchicore
Class		 GSR
Nos.		 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

Waterford & Tramore Railway

Cork & Macroom Direct Railway

Timoleague & Courtmacsherry Light Railway

Narrow gauge railways

Cavan & Leitrim Railway (to 1924)

Cork, Blackrock & Passage Railway (to 1924)

Cork & Muskerry Light Railway (to 1924)

Schull & Skibbereen Railway (to 1924)

Tralee & Dingle Light Railway (to 1924)

West Clare Railway (to 1924)

  • 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

  • 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)

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

Image Company Number / Name Class Type Manufacturer Serial No. Date Notes
5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm)
Belfast & County Down Railway 30 — 4-4-2T Beyer, Peacock & Company 4231 1901 Static display, Ulster Folk & Transport Museum, Cultra, Belfast
Northern Counties Committee (LMS) 74 Dunluce Castle U2 4-4-0 North British Locomotive Company 23096 1924 Static display, Ulster Folk & Transport Museum, Cultra, Belfast
Northern Counties Committee (LMS) 4 WT 2-6-4T Derby Works — 1947 Railway Preservation Society of Ireland, Whitehead, Co. Antrim
Great Northern Railway 93 Sutton JT 2-4-2T Dundalk Works — 1895 Static display, Ulster Folk & Transport Museum, Cultra, Belfast
Great Northern Railway 131 Uranus Q 4-4-0 Neilson, Reid & Company 5757 1901 Railway Preservation Society of Ireland, Whitehead, Co. Antrim
Great Northern Railway 171 Slieve Gullion S 4-4-0 Beyer, Peacock & Company 5629 1913 Railway Preservation Society of Ireland, Whitehead, Co. Antrim
Great Northern Railway 85 Merlin V 4-4-0 Beyer, Peacock & Company 6733 1932 Railway Preservation Society of Ireland, Whitehead, Co. Antrim (run by)
Ulster Folk & Transport Museum, Cultra, Belfast (owned)
Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway Lough Erne Lough 0-6-4T Beyer, Peacock & Company 7242 1949 Railway Preservation Society of Ireland, Whitehead, Co. Antrim
Dublin and South Eastern Railway 15 →
GSR 461		 15–16 2-6-0 Beyer, Peacock & Company 6112 1922 Railway Preservation Society of Ireland, Whitehead, Co. Antrim
Great Southern & Western Railway 36 — 2-2-2 Bury, Curtis and Kennedy — 1847 Static display, Cork Kent railway station
Great Southern & Western Railway 90 90 0-6-0T Inchicore Works — 1875 Downpatrick and County Down Railway
Great Southern & Western Railway 184 101 0-6-0 Inchicore Works — 1880 Railway Preservation Society of Ireland, Whitehead, Co. Antrim
Great Southern & Western Railway 186 101 0-6-0 Sharp, Stewart & Company 2838 1879 Railway Preservation Society of Ireland, Whitehead, Co. Antrim
Great Southern Railways 800
Maeḋḃ		 800 4-6-0 Inchicore Works — 1939 Static display, Ulster Folk & Transport Museum, Cultra, Belfast
Londonderry Port and Harbour Commissioners 1 — 0-6-0ST Robert Stephenson & Company 2738 1891 Static display, Ulster Folk & Transport Museum, Cultra, Belfast
Londonderry Port and Harbour Commissioners 3 R.H. Smyth — 0-6-0ST Avonside Engine Company 2021 1928 Railway Preservation Society of Ireland, Whitehead, Co. Antrim
Cómhlucht Siúicre Éireann Thurles
No. 1		 — 0-4-0T Orenstein & Koppel 12475 1934 Downpatrick and County Down Railway
Cómhlucht Siúicre Éireann Mallow
No. 3		 — 0-4-0T Orenstein & Koppel 12662 1935 Downpatrick and County Down Railway
Guinness Brewery 3 — 0-4-0ST Hudswell Clarke 1152 1919 Railway Preservation Society of Ireland, Whitehead, Co. Antrim[17]
3 ft (914 mm) gauge
County Donegal Railways Joint Committee 16 Donegal →
4 Meenglas		 5 2-6-4T Nasmyth, Wilson & Company 828 1907 Stored in the open at the Foyle Valley Railway. Poor condition but cosmetic restoration planned.
County Donegal Railways Joint Committee 17 Glenties →
5 Drumboe		 5 2-6-4T Nasmyth, Wilson & Company 829 1907 Outdoor static display at the Donegal Heritage Centre.
County Donegal Railways Joint Committee 18 Killybegs →
6 Columbkille		 5 2-6-4T Nasmyth, Wilson & Company 830 1907 Indoor static display at the Foyle Valley Railway
County Donegal Railways Joint Committee 2A Strabane →
2 Blanche		 5A 2-6-4T Nasmyth, Wilson & Company 956 1912 Static display, Ulster Folk & Transport Museum, Cultra, Belfast
Cavan & Leitrim Railway 2 Kathleen 1–8 4-4-0T Robert Stephenson & Company 2613 1887 Static display, Ulster Folk & Transport Museum, Cultra, Belfast
Cavan & Leitrim Railway 3 Lady Edith 1–8 4-4-0T Robert Stephenson & Company 2614 1887 New Jersey Museum of Transportation in process of returning to Cavan & Leitrim Railway.
Tralee and Dingle Light Railway 5 5 2-6-2T Hunslet Engine Company 555 1892 Operational until relatively recently. Awaiting restoration.
West Clare Railway 5 Slieve Callan 5–7 0-6-2T Dübs & Company 2890 1892 Rebuilt in 2009. Currently not operating.
Portstewart Tramway 1 1–2 0-4-0T Kitson & Company T56 1882 Preserved at the Streetlife Museum of Transport in Hull.
Portstewart Tramway 2 1–2 0-4-0T Kitson & Company T84 1883 Static display, Ulster Folk & Transport Museum, Cultra, Belfast.
British Aluminium 1 0-4-0T Peckett and Sons 1026 1904 Awaiting boiler repair, previously operated on the Giant's Causeway and Bushmills Railway No. 1 Tyrone
British Aluminium 2 0-4-0T Peckett and Sons 1097 1906 Static display, Ulster Folk & Transport Museum, Cultra, Belfast
Bord na Móna 1 → LM43 1–3 0-4-0WT Andrew Barclay Sons & Co 2263 1949 Rebuilt by Talyllyn Railway to 2 ft 3 in (686 mm) as their No. 7 Tom Rolt
Bord na Móna 2 → LM44 1–3 0-4-0WT Andrew Barclay Sons & Co 2264 1949 Owned by Irish Steam Preservation Society
Bord na Móna 3 → LM45 1–3 0-4-0WT Andrew Barclay Sons & Co 2265 1949 Working order, Giant's Causeway and Bushmills Railway No. 3 Shane
1 ft 10 in (559 mm) gauge
Guinness Brewery 13 0-4-0T William Spence and Son — 1895 Static display, Narrow Gauge Railway Museum, Tywyn, Wales
Guinness Brewery 15 0-4-0T William Spence and Son — 1895 Static display at the Stradbally Steam Museum, Laois.
Guinness Brewery 17 0-4-0T William Spence and Son — 1902 Static display at the Guinness Brewery, Dublin.
Guinness Brewery 20 0-4-0T William Spence and Son — 1905 Static display at Ulster Folk & Transport Museum, Cultra, Belfast
Guinness Brewery 21 0-4-0T William Spence and Son — 1905 Static display at the Cavan & Leitrim Railway, Dromad.
Guinness Brewery 22 0-4-0T William Spence and Son — 1912 Static display at the Cavan & Leitrim Railway, Dromad.
Guinness Brewery 23 0-4-0T William Spence and Son — 1921 Static display, Amberley Museum & Heritage Centre, Amberley, West Sussex.
Guinness Brewery 24 0-4-0T William Spence and Son — 1921 Privately owned, believed to be in Ireland.

In addition to the 19 preserved broad gauge locomotives of Ireland, a NCC Class W new build project is currently in the works.

See also

Notes

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

References

  1. ^ Rowledge 1993, pp. 40–42.
  2. ^ "Locomotives of the Belfast and County Down Railway". The Belfast & County Down Railway Museum Trust. Archived 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.
  17. ^ "NO.3BG "GUINNESS"". RPSI. Archived from the original on 22 April 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2019.

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