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Class of 6 Irish 2-4-0 locomotives
MGWR Class 7-12 Career Operators MGWR Numbers 7-12 Withdrawn 1922
The MGWR Class 7–12 were a set of six MGWR Class 18 with the same names and numbers. They were withdrawn from 1909 to 1922 with none surviving into service with
Great Southern Railways (GSR). Their construction included iron frame plates, steel standard goods boilers, automatic brakes and a redesigned motion incorporating four slidebars. They were noted for economical coal consumption.
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MGWR No.
Name
Introduced
Withdrawn
7
Connemara
1889
1909
8
St. Patrick
1890
1914
9
Emerald Isle
1890
1912
10
Faugh a Ballagh
1890
1910
11
Erin go Bragh
1889
1922
12
Shamrock
1890
1910
References
Belfast and County Down Railway (1846–1948)Belfast and Northern Counties Railway (1860–1903)Northern Counties Committee (1903–1949)Great Northern Railway (1876–1958)Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway (1875–1957)Cork, Bandon and South Coast Railway (1849–1924)
1, 2
1, 2, 4A, 8
2 (II)
3, 4
3, 9, 10, 18
5, 6
7 (I)
7 (II)
9, 10
11
5, 6, 12, 16, 17
14, 15
19, 20
4, 8, 11, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20
Argadeen
St Molaga
Slaney
Dublin and Kingstown Railway (1834–1856)Dublin and South Eastern Railway (1854–1925)
1, 2, 6–7, 9–10, 28, 44–47, 49
3, 8, 10–12, 27–30, 40, 45–46
4–5
13–14, 18, 65–66
15–16
15–23, 37–39, 48
17, 36
20, 34–35
24–26, 32–33
42–44
50–51
52–54
55–58
59–64
67–68
69–70
Great Southern and Western Railway (1845–1924)Midland Great Western Railway (1847–1924)Great Southern Railways (1925–1944)Córas Iompair Éireann (1945–1962)Tralee and Dingle Light Railway (1891–1953)Industrial engines