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Class of 6 Irish 4-4-2T locomotives
GS&WR 37 Class 4-4-2T No. 317 partially hidden behind a railmotor
Type and origin Power type Steam Designer H. Ivatt / CoeyBuilder Inchicore Build date 1894 & 1901 Total produced 6
Specifications Configuration: • Whyte 4-4-2T Gauge 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm )Leading dia. 3 ft 0 in (910 mm) Driver dia.5 ft 8+ 1 ⁄2 in (1,740 mm) Trailing dia. 3 ft 9 in (1,140 mm) Length 1+ 3 ⁄4 in (10,408 mm)Axle load 12.5 long tons (12.7 t) Loco weight 48.5 long tons (49.3 t) Water cap. 1,130 imp gal (5,100 L; 1,360 US gal) Boiler pressure 160 lbf/in2 (1.10 MPa) Cylinders 2 Cylinder size 16 in × 20 in (406 mm × 508 mm)
Career Operators Class C7 (Inchicore) Number in class 6 Numbers 37–38, 317–320 Locale Ireland Withdrawn 1955 Disposition All scrapped
Details for No. 37 as built [ 1]
The Great Southern and Western Railway (GS&WR) Class 374-4-2T tank engines.[ 1] Henry Ivatt (Snr.) were based on a previous 2-4-0T design by McDonnell , as were some 2-4-2Ts Ivatt produced two years earlier for the Kerry branches.[ 2]
In 1900 Robert Coey, who by then had been promoted Inchicore Railway Works Manager to locomotive superintendent,[citation needed produced four of a heavier and more powerful 4-4-2T Class 27 .[ 2]
Robert Coey in 1902 produced four more of the lighter class built by Ivatt, these were to be the final passenger tanks built by the GS&WR.[ 2]
The Class 37 had a very low 13 long tons 6 cwt (29,800 lb or 13.5 t) maximum axle load enabling a very high route availability. By contrast the Class 27 had a higher maximum axle load 15 long tons 10 cwt (34,700 lb or 15.7 t).[ 1]
On the amalgamation to Great Southern Railways in 1925 some of these classes were allocated to the former Dublin and South Eastern Railway (DSER) services to Bray ,[ 2] Irish Civil War .[citation needed By the 1930s most have been allocated to the Cork local services.[ 1]
By 1948 the type was regarded as obsolete but all lasted until the 1950s with the last withdrawn in 1955.[ 1]
^ a b c d e Clements, Jeremy; McMahon, Michael (2008). Locomotives of the GSR . Colourpoint Books. pp. 62, 64. ISBN 9781906578268 ^ a b c d Murray, K. A.; McNeil, D.B. (1976). The Great Southern & Western Railway . Irish Railway Record Society. pp. 148–149, 151, 193. ISBN 0904078051
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