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GS&WR Class L2
File:GSR Class L2 (16982035428).jpg
GSR Class L2, seen in Kingsbridge, Dublin City, Co. Dublin, in 1959.
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
DesignerMaunsell
Specifications
Configuration:
 • Whyte0-4-2
Gauge5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm)
Career
OperatorsGS&WRGSR
NicknamesSambo
Delivered1912
Scrapped1962

The GS&WR Class L2[1] Sambo was an 0-4-2 saddle tank engine used by the GSR of Ireland. The original "Sambo" model was a rebuild of an old Wakefield locomotive but in 1912; Maunsell designed the saddle. The model was sent for scrap in 1962.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ "GSR Class L2". National Library of Ireland on Flickr. September 6, 2011. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
  2. ^ "Spare Link" (Winter 1995–96). "The Last Days Of Steam At Inchicore" (PDF). FIVE FOOT THREE. 42. Railway Preservation Society of Ireland. Retrieved April 21, 2015.