Great Southern and Western Railway Wikipedia ~ The Great Southern and Western Railway GSWR was an Irish gauge 1600 mm 5 ft 3 in railway company in Ireland from 1844 until 1924 The GSWR grew by building lines and making a series of takeovers until in the late 19th and early 20th centuries it was the largest of Irelands Big Four railway networks

GSWR Class 500 Wikipedia ~ The locomotive was designed by J R Bazin who sought to avoid some issues with the unrebuilt GSWR 400 Class and was aimed at being a mixedtyraffic type Use of a valve travel of 6 3 ⁄ 4 inches 170 mm and a 1 1 ⁄ 2 inches 38 mm lap was a significant contributor to the performance of the type

GSWR Class 52 Wikipedia ~ The Great Southern and Western Railway GSWR Class 52 consisted of twenty 440 express passenger tender locomotives designed by John John Aspinall Aspinall also built a further fifteen similar but slightly larger locomotives of GSWR Class 60 67—72

GSWR Class 301 Wikipedia ~ The Great Southern and Western Railway GSWR Classes 301 305 309 and 321 consisted of 26 440 tender locomotives designed by Robert Coey for passenger work and built between 1900 and 1907 102—112 Design and build One priority at the start of the 1900s was to cater for

GSWR Class 2 Wikipedia ~ The GSWR Class 2 was a lightweight 440 steam locomotive used by the Great Southern and Western Railway in Ireland in the late 19th and in the first half of the 20th Century They were the first locomotives of type 440 in Ireland

GSWR Class 90 Wikipedia ~ No 90 the last survivor appears to have been repainted black in its last few years in use approximately 195760 Preservation One example No 90 was preserved for many years as a static exhibit at Mallow This was painted in the green livery as detailed above but a cast number plate with black numerals on a silver background not

GSWR Class 333 Wikipedia ~ The Great Southern and Western Railway GSWR Class 333 consistent of eight 440 mixedtraffic locomotives designed by Robert Coey and built by Inchicore railway works in 19078 In 1936 the successor company the Great Southern Railways GSR built five similar engines known as GSR Class 342

GSWR Class 400 Wikipedia ~ The GSWR 400 class or CIE class B2 were a class of 460 built for the Great Southern Western Railway in the period 1916 to 1923 235—244 Design The 400 class was a 4cylinder 460 steam locomotive these the only 4 cylindered locomotives in Ireland were not a success

GSWR 064T Wikipedia ~ The Great Southern and Western Railway GSWR 064T were a set of 6 locomotives of two variants of the 064T arrangement designed by Alexander McDonnell When introduced in 1876 it was the first use of a 064 configuration in the British Isles The final four locomotives were to be designated GSWR Class 203

GSWR Class 47 Wikipedia ~ The Great Southern and Western Railway GSWR Class 47 consisted of twenty 044BT locomotives designed by Alexander McDonnell and introduced from 1883 They were intended for branch lines around Cork and for Dublin—Kildare and DublinKilkenny services 6566 Class 47 was preceded by four members of class 28 introduced from about 1879 these having a slightly longer wheelbase