List of steam locomotives in Ireland

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This is a list of all steam locomotives currently residing within the Island of Ireland.

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Preserved locomotives

5ft3in Gauge

ImageCompanyNumber / NameClassTypeManufacturerSerial No.DateNotes
5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm)
BCDR No. 30.JPG
Belfast and County Down Railway 30 30 4-4-2T Beyer, Peacock & Company 42311901Static display, Ulster Folk and Transport Museums, Cultra, Belfast
Steam train, Ulster Folk and Transport Museum - panoramio.jpg
Northern Counties Committee (LMS)74 Dunluce Castle U2 4-4-0 North British Locomotive Company 230961924Static display, Ulster Folk and Transport Museums, Cultra, Belfast
NCC WT Class loco no 4.JPG
Northern Counties Committee (LMS)4 WT 2-6-4T Derby Works 1947 Railway Preservation Society of Ireland, Whitehead, Co. Antrim
JT Class In Cultra.JPG
Great Northern Railway 93 Sutton JT 2-4-2T Dundalk Works 1895Static display, Ulster Folk and Transport Museums, Cultra, Belfast
Qs-Class 131 with tender 37.jpg
Great Northern Railway 131 Uranus Q 4-4-0 Neilson, Reid & Company 57571901 Railway Preservation Society of Ireland, Whitehead, Co. Antrim
Steam train at Bellarena - 1970 (1) (geograph 3492541).jpg
Great Northern Railway 171 Slieve Gullion S 4-4-0 Beyer, Peacock & Company 56291913 Railway Preservation Society of Ireland, Whitehead, Co. Antrim
GNRI 85 Merlin (2).jpg
Great Northern Railway 85 Merlin V 4-4-0 Beyer, Peacock & Company 67331932 Railway Preservation Society of Ireland, Whitehead, Co. Antrim (run by)
Ulster Folk and Transport Museums, Cultra, Belfast (owned)
Lough Erne, Whitehead.JPG
Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway Lough Erne Lough 0-6-4T Beyer, Peacock & Company 72421949 Railway Preservation Society of Ireland, Whitehead, Co. Antrim
461, Bangor.JPG
Dublin and South Eastern Railway 15 →
GSR 461
15–16 2-6-0 Beyer, Peacock & Company 61121922 Railway Preservation Society of Ireland, Whitehead, Co. Antrim
Engine No. 36 On View In Kent Train Station - June 2014.jpg
Great Southern & Western Railway 36 21 2-2-2 Bury, Curtis and Kennedy 1847Static display, Cork Kent railway station
No. 90, Downpatrick.JPG
Great Southern & Western Railway 90 90 0-6-0T Inchicore Works 1875 Downpatrick and County Down Railway
Whitehead Railway Museum - geograph.org.uk - 6289776.jpg
Great Southern & Western Railway 184 101 0-6-0 Inchicore Works 1880 Railway Preservation Society of Ireland, Whitehead, Co. Antrim
GS&WR No 186 in Preservation.jpg
Great Southern & Western Railway 186 101 0-6-0 Sharp, Stewart & Company 28381879 Railway Preservation Society of Ireland, Whitehead, Co. Antrim
Great Southern Railways Class 800 "Maeve" at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum - August 2014.jpg
Great Southern Railways 800
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800 4-6-0 Inchicore Works 1939Static display, Ulster Folk and Transport Museums, Cultra, Belfast
LPHC No. 1.JPG
Londonderry Port and Harbour Commissioners 1 0-6-0ST Robert Stephenson & Company 27381891Static display, Ulster Folk and Transport Museums, Cultra, Belfast
Approaching Steam Train - geograph.org.uk - 351310.jpg
Londonderry Port and Harbour Commissioners 3 R.H. Smyth 0-6-0ST Avonside Engine Company 20211928 Railway Preservation Society of Ireland, Whitehead, Co. Antrim
O&K No. 1, Downpatrick.JPG
Cómhlucht Siúicre Éireann 1 CSÉT Shunting Locomotives 0-4-0T Orenstein & Koppel 124751934 Downpatrick and County Down Railway
Downpatrick Nummer 3 (1).jpg
Cómhlucht Siúicre Éireann 3 CSÉT Shunting Locomotives 0-4-0T Orenstein & Koppel 126621935 Downpatrick and County Down Railway
Whitehead Oct 2013.jpg
Guinness Brewery 3 0-4-0ST Hudswell Clarke 11521919 Railway Preservation Society of Ireland, Whitehead, Co. Antrim [1]

Narrow Gauge

ImageCompanyNumber / NameClassTypeManufacturerSerial No.DateNotes
3 ft (914 mm) gauge
County Donegal Railways No. 4 "Meenglass" Outside the Foyle Valley Railway Museum - August 2014.jpg
County Donegal Railways Joint Committee 16 Donegal
4 Meenglas
5 2-6-4T Nasmyth, Wilson & Company 8281907 Foyle Valley Railway
COUNTY DONEGAL RAILWAYS 5 DRUMBOE crosses the abandoned Swilly trackbed outside Letterkenny as she leaves for Strabane 1957.jpg
County Donegal Railways Joint Committee 17 Glenties
5 Drumboe
5 2-6-4T Nasmyth, Wilson & Company 8291907 Donegal Railway Heritage Centre
2-6-4 No. 6 Columbkille.jpg
County Donegal Railways Joint Committee 18 Killybegs
6 Columbkille
5 2-6-4T Nasmyth, Wilson & Company 8301907 Foyle Valley Railway
County Donegal Railways No. 2 "Blanche" at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum - August 2014.jpg
County Donegal Railways Joint Committee 2A Strabane
2 Blanche
5A 2-6-4T Nasmyth, Wilson & Company 9561912Static display, Ulster Folk and Transport Museums, Cultra, Belfast
C&LR 4-4-0T 2 "KATHLEEN".jpg
Cavan and Leitrim Railway 2 Kathleen 1–8 4-4-0T Robert Stephenson & Company 26131887Static display, Ulster Folk and Transport Museums, Cultra, Belfast
Cavan and Leitrim Railway 3 Lady Edith 1–8 4-4-0T Robert Stephenson & Company 26141887 New Jersey Museum of Transportation in process of returning to Ireland.
Irl-TraleeDingleRailTrain.jpg
Tralee and Dingle Light Railway 5 5 2-6-2T Hunslet Engine Company 5551892 Tralee and Dingle Light Railway
WCR Slieve Callan at Moyasta.jpg
West Clare Railway 5 Slieve Callan 5–7 0-6-2T Dübs & Company 28901892 West Clare Railway
Portstewart Tramway 11–2 0-4-0T Kitson & Company T561882Preserved at the Streetlife Museum of Transport in Hull.
Ulster Transport Museum, Cultra, Belfast and Northern Counties Railway (Portstewart Tramway Company) Locomotive No 2 (A2).jpg
Portstewart Tramway 21–2 0-4-0T Kitson & Company T841883Static display, Ulster Folk and Transport Museums, Cultra, Belfast.
Giant's Causeway engines.JPG
British Aluminium 1 Tyrone 0-4-0T Peckett & Sons 10261904 Giant's Causeway and Bushmills Railway
"Peckett & Sons, Cultra - geograph.org.uk - 2760679.jpg
British Aluminium 2 0-4-0T Peckett & Sons 10971906Static display, Ulster Folk and Transport Museums, Cultra, Belfast
Engine No2LM44.jpg
Bord na Móna 2 → LM441–3 0-4-0WT Andrew Barclay Sons & Company 22641949 Stradbally Woodland Railway
Giant's Causeway & Bushmills Railway.jpg
Bord na Móna 3 Shane → LM451–3 0-4-0WT Andrew Barclay Sons & Company 22651949 Giant's Causeway and Bushmills Railway
1 ft 10 in (559 mm) gauge
Guinness loco at NGRM - 2008-03-18.jpg
Guinness Brewery 13 0-4-0T William Spence and Son 1895Static display, Narrow Gauge Railway Museum, Tywyn, Wales
Guinness Brewery 15 0-4-0T William Spence and Son 1895 Stradbally Woodland Railway
1902 William Spence Steam Locomotive No.17 at Austin Ice Cream Van at the Guinness Storehouse.jpg
Guinness Brewery 17 0-4-0T William Spence and Son 1902 Guinness Brewery, Dublin.
Ulster Transport Museum, Cultra, Arthur Guinness, Son and Co Ltd, Locomotive No 20 by Samuel Geohegan 01.jpg
Guinness Brewery 20 0-4-0T William Spence and Son 1905Static display, Ulster Folk and Transport Museums, Cultra, Belfast
Guinness Brewery 22 0-4-0T William Spence and Son 1912 Cavan and Leitrim Railway
Guinness loco 23 Amberly Chalk pits working museum (3).jpg
Guinness Brewery 23 0-4-0T William Spence and Son 1921Static display, Amberley Museum & Heritage Centre, Amberley, West Sussex.

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

References

  1. "NO.3BG "GUINNESS"". Railway Preservation Society of Ireland . Archived from the original on 22 April 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2019.