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This gallery is entirely
devoted to Irish steam locomotives. Steam locos in Ireland were mainly
constructed during the late 19th & early 20th centuries, with some early
examples surviving until the end of steam on CIE in 1965, and Northern
Ireland in 1970. Later advanced steam locomotives were built between
1930s right until the 1940s, these mainly been constructed by the GNR
and LMS NCC railway companies. These pictures show a range of Irish
locomotives classes from the five main railway companies. Below are some
abbreviations for the railway companies that are featured:
DWWR/DSER-
Dublin Wicklow & Wexford Railway/Dublin & South Eastern Railway
GNR-
Great Northern Railway (Ireland)
GSWR-
Great Southern & Western Railway
MGWR-
Midland Great Western Railway
LMS NCC-
London Midland Scottish & Northern Counties Committee
WL&W
- Waterford Limerick & Western |
.jpg "An ex-GSWR D17 Class 4-4-0 is seen at Crusheen Station while working a train from Limerick.(C)H.C Casserley")
.JPG "DWWR 2-4-0 tank engine No.41 stands at Dundrum Station with a Dublin Harcourt St to Bray service in this early 20th century picture.")
.jpg "GNR UG Class 0-6-0 No.48 is seen on the centre road at Enniskillen Station in the late 1950s.(C)Headhunters Barbershop Museum")
.jpg "GNR V Class compound 4-4-0 No.85 'Merlin' is seen passing south through Killester Station on the RPSI's Dublin-Belfast 'Enterprise'.")
.jpg "GNR PP Class 4-4-0 No.50 arrives at Bundoran Junction station on a southbound train from Derry in 1957.©Wilson Adams collection")
.jpg "GNR PP Class 4-4-0 No.50 arrives at Ballyshannon Station on a branch service from Bundoran in 1957.©Wilson Adams collection")
.jpg "GNR P6 Class No.73 speeds past Culloville Station while working the Bundoran to Dublin Express in 1956.©Wilson Adams collection")
.jpg "GNR PG Class 0-6-0 No.100 arrives at Castlecaldwell Station on a goods train for Bundoran.©Wilson Adams collection")
.jpg "GNR PP Class 4-4-0 No.50 arrives at Belleek Station on a branch service from Bundoran in 1957.©Wilson Adams collection")
.jpg "Nameplate GNR S Class 4-4-0 No.171 'Slieve Gullion' at Greystones Station.")
.jpg "GNR S Class 4-4-0 No.171 'Slieve Gullion' stands at Greystones Station with an RPSI 'Sea Breeze' train.")
.jpg "GNR S Class 4-4-0 No.171 'Slieve Gullion', complete with Bundoran Express headboard stands at Greystones Station with an RPSI 'Sea Breeze' train.")
.JPG "No.85 'Merlin' is seen again passing south through Killester on the RPSI's Dublin-Belfast 'Enterprise'.")
.jpg "GNR T2 Class 4-4-2 tank No.21 is seen running round its train at Warrenpoint Station in 1957.©Wilson Adams collection")
.jpg "GNR V Class compound 4-4-0 No.85 'Merlin' stands at Dundalk Station with a Belfast-Dublin train in 1957.©Wilson Adams collection")
.jpg "GNR T2 Class 4-4-2 tank No.188 is seen outside Amiens St engineshed (Connolly), Dublin, in this atmospheric shot dating from 1957.©Wilson Adams collection")
.jpg "GNR VS Class 4-4-0 No.209 'Foyle' stands at Amiens St Station, Dublin, with a Dublin-Belfast 'Enterprise' in 1957.©Wilson Adams collection")
.jpg "A GNR P6 Class locomotive stands at Strabane Station with a goods train from Derry in 1957, in the foreground are the narrow gauge Co.Donegal tracks.©Wilson Adams collection")
.jpg "VS Class 4-4-0 No.207 'Boyne' is seen outside the GNR's engineshed at Adelaide, Belfast.")
.JPG "Ex-GSWR J15 0-6-0 No.184 is seen under restoration at the RPSI's base at Whitehead.")
.JPG "Ex-GSWR J15 0-6-0 No.186 is seen at the RPSI's base at Whitehead.")
.JPG "GSWR D17 Class 4-4-0 stands at Abbeyleix Station with a Kilkenny-Portlaiose train in this early 20th century picture.")
.JPG "Ex-GSWR J15 0-6-0 No.186 is seen next to 29000 Class railcar No.29421 in the carriage sidings at Connolly Station, Dublin.")
.jpg "Ex-MGWR 2-6-0 Mogul No.337 is seen outside Broadstone engineshed, Dublin, in 1957.©Wilson Adams collection")
.JPG "Ex LMS NCC 2-6-4 tank No.4 is seen at the carriage sidings at Connolly Station, Dublin.")
.JPG "Ex LMS NCC 2-6-4 tank No.4 is seen at the carriage sidings at Connolly Station, Dublin.")
.jpg "GSR built 0-6-2 tank No.673 departs Carlisle Pier station at Dun Laoghaire, Dublin, with a van train.")
.jpg "U Class 4-4-0 No.197 'Lough Neagh' is seen beside the GNR's Amiens St signal cabin, Dublin, in 1953.")
.jpg "GNR SG3 Class 0-6-0 No.199 is seen on a goods train at Goraghwood Station near Newry on the Belfast-Dublin line.")
.jpg "Ex MGWR 2-4-0 No.657 arrives at Killiney, south Co.Dublin with a train to Bray in 1956.")
.jpg "GSR 1935 built 4-6-0 No.800 'Maedhbh' stands on display outside Inchicore Works, Dublin, in 1958.")
.jpg "GNR VS Class 4-4-0 No.206 'Liffey' departs Drogheda with a southbound Enterprise to Dublin.")
.jpg "Ex GSWR J9 Class 0-6-0 No.351 stands at Wexford South station in 1958.")
.jpg "Amiens Street (Connolly) in 1961, with GNR locos outside the engine shed, and CIE J15 0-6-0s on the right.(C)Charles F Firminger")
.jpg "Ex MGWR 0-6-0 No.608 arrives at Carrickmines Station, south Co.Dublin, with a Harcourt St to Bray train in 1955.")
.jpg "Ex Cork Blackrock & Passage 2-4-2 tank No.10 shunts in the goods yard at Ballyconnell Station with a service to Belturbet.")
.jpg "Caven & Leitrim 4-4-0 tank No.3, built in 1887, stands outside Ballinamore engine shed in the 1950s.")
.jpg "Ex Tralee & Dingle 2-6-0 tank No.6 stands at Ballinamore Station with a service from Dromod.")
.jpg "Ex Tralee & Dingle 2-6-0 tank No.3 stands at Arigna Station having arrived from Ballinamore.")
.jpg "GSR built 0-6-0 tank No.217 brings a train of 6 wheel carriages across one of the lifting bridges between Albert Quay and Glanmire Rd stations in Cork City."){kind=small}
.jpg "GNR T2 Class 4-4-2 tank No.2 is seen at Drogheda Station in the 1950s.")
