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Notes
- 1 2 Patterson & Rowledge claim the driver diameter was 5ft 9in, Bookcock claims 5ft 6in
- ↑ There was a trail train to Ballynahinch when they first arrived and one was noted working in the former Northern Counties Committee network c.1953. [6]
- ↑ Boocock says No. 222 did not work after 1953 whereas Patterson does not specify a date but his prose suggests a later date. [3] [9]
Footnotes
- ↑ Rowledge 1993, p. 40.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Patterson 1982, p. 26.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Boocock 2009, p. 99.
- ↑ Bairstow 2007, p. 14.
- ↑ Patterson 1982, pp. 26, 46–47.
- ↑ Patterson 1982, p. 26, 41.
- ↑ Boocock 2009, p. 97, 99.
- ↑ Patterson 1982, p. 40.
- 1 2 3 4 Patterson 1982, p. 41.
- ↑ Boocock 2009, p. 97.
Sources
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- Boocock, Colin (1 October 2009). Locomotive Compendium Ireland (First ed.). Hersham: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 9780711033603. OCLC 423592044.
- Patterson, Edward Mervyn (1982) [1958]. Belfast and County Down Railway. Newton Abbott: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-8306-X. OCLC 16552845.
- Rowledge, J. W. Peter (1993). Irish Steam Loco Register. Stockport, England: Irish Traction Group. ISBN 9780947773335. OCLC 30815253.