GS&WR Class 33

GS&WR 33 Class
No. 36 stored at Rockferry
Type and origin Power type Steam Designer Henry Ivatt Builder Inchicore Build date 1892—1894 Total produced 6
Specifications Configuration: ​  •  Whyte 2-4-2 T Gauge 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) Leading dia. 3 ft 9 in (1,140 mm) Driver dia. 5 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,740 mm) Trailing dia. 3 ft 9 in (1,140 mm) Length 30 ft 11+1⁄2 in (9,436 mm) Axle load 12.65 long tons (12.85 t) Adhesive weight 25.1 long tons (25.5 t) Loco weight 46.6 long tons (47.3 t) Water cap. 1,250 imp gal (5,700 L; 1,500 US gal) Boiler pressure 150 lbf/in2 (1.03 MPa) Cylinders 2 Cylinder size 16 in × 20 in (406 mm × 508 mm)
Performance figures Tractive effort 9,530  lbf (42.39  kN)
Career Operators GS&WR GSR CIÉ Class F6 (Inchicore) Number in class 6 Numbers 33—36, 41—42 Locale Ireland Withdrawn 1963
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The GS&WR) Class 33 consisted of six 2-4-2 T locomotives designed by Henry Ivatt for Kerry branch line services, ^[2] especially tight radius curves of the branches to Kenmare and Valencia. ^[3]

Numbers 33 and 42 were subsequently fitted with a bell for working the Cork City Railways. ^[1] In their final years the class was mainly working in the Cork area, ^[4] At the end of steam in the 1959 number 42 was to be found in the Dublin area.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. Clements & McMahon (2008), p. 63.
2. Murray & McNeill (1976), pp. 97, 148–149, 193.
3. Clements, McMahon & O'Rourke (2020), p. 162.
4. Boocock (2009), p. 22.

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• Clements, Jeremy; McMahon, Michael (2008). Locomotives of the GSR. Colourpoint Books. ISBN   9781906578268.
• Clements, Jeremy; McMahon, Michael; O'Rourke, Alan (2020). Locomotives of the Great Southern and Western Railway. County Louth: Collon Publishing. ISBN   9781527270282.
• Murray, K. A.; McNeill, D. B. (1976). The Great Southern & Western Railway. Irish Record Railway Society. ISBN   0904078051. OCLC   3069424.