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Schull and Skibbereen Light Railway 1 and 3 were two 4-4-0 T locomotives manufactured by Peckett and Sons in 1906 and 1914 respectively. They were the Schull and Skibbereen Railway's fifth and sixth locomotives, and took the numbers of withdrawn locomotives.
The first member of this class was numbered "No. 1" and named "Gabriel", replacing the original No. 1, named "Marion", which was scrapped on its arrival.
The second locomotive was also built by Peckett and Sons and delivered to the railway in 1914. It was numbered "No. 3" and originally named "Consiliation" but later renamed "Kent". This replaced the original No. 3 "Ilen", which was scrapped when the new locomotive arrived.
Both locomotives passed to the Great Southern Railways in the 1925 amalgamation. The GSR added an "S" suffix to the running number and classified both locomotives as Class 1S (or Class DN4). No. 1S was withdrawn and scrapped in 1936, but No. 3S survived until nationalisation when it passed to Córas Iompair Éireann. Eventually, it was withdrawn and scrapped in 1953.
The S&S pair were two of a class of five engines, two others went to Borneo and scrapped c. 1947, whilst the last is currently preserved on the Bay of Islands Vintage Railway in New Zealand. [1]
The British Rail Class 31 diesel locomotives, also known as the Brush Type 2 and previously as Class 30, were built by Brush Traction from 1957 to 1962. They were numbered in two series, D5500-D5699 and D5800-D5862. Construction of the first locomotive was completed in the final week of September 1957, and the handing-over took place on 31 October. The first Class 31 entered service in November 1957, after the launch of the Class 20 locomotive and was one of the Pilot Scheme locomotives ordered by British Railways to replace steam traction.
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Schull and Skibbereen Railway 4Erin was a 4-4-0T locomotive manufactured by Nasmyth, Wilson and Company of Patricroft near Manchester in 1888. It was the Schull and Skibbereen Railway's fourth locomotive.
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