This is a list of all steam locomotives currently residing within the Island of Ireland. Preserved locomotives 5ft3in Gauge Image Company Number / Name Class Type Manufacturer Serial No. Date Notes Belfast and County Down Railway 30 30 4-4-2T Beyer, Peacock & Company 4231 1901 Static display, Ulster Folk and Transport Museums, Cultra, Belfast Northern Counties Committee (LMS) 74 Dunluce Castle U2 4-4-0 North British Locomotive Company 23096 1924 Static display, Ulster Folk and Transport Museums, Cultra, Belfast Northern Counties Committee (LMS) 4 WT 2-6-4T Derby Works — 1947 Railway Preservation Society of Ireland, Whitehead, Co. Antrim Great Northern Railway 93 Sutton JT 2-4-2T Dundalk Works — 1895 Static display, Ulster Folk and Transport Museums, Cultra, Belfast Great Northern Railway 131 Uranus Q 4-4-0 Neilson, Reid & Company 5757 1901 Railway Preservation Society of Ireland, Whitehead, Co. Antrim Great Northern Railway 171 Slieve Gullion S 4-4-0 Beyer, Peacock & Company 5629 1913 Railway Preservation Society of Ireland, Whitehead, Co. Antrim Great Northern Railway 85 Merlin V 4-4-0 Beyer, Peacock & Company 6733 1932 Railway Preservation Society of Ireland, Whitehead, Co. Antrim (run by)Ulster Folk and Transport Museums, Cultra, Belfast (owned) Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway Lough Erne Lough 0-6-4T Beyer, Peacock & Company 7242 1949 Railway Preservation Society of Ireland, Whitehead, Co. Antrim Dublin and South Eastern Railway 15 →GSR 461 15–16 2-6-0 Beyer, Peacock & Company 6112 1922 Railway Preservation Society of Ireland, Whitehead, Co. Antrim Great Southern & Western Railway 36 21 2-2-2 Bury, Curtis and Kennedy — 1847 Static display, Cork Kent railway station Great Southern & Western Railway 90 90 0-6-0T Inchicore Works — 1875 Downpatrick and County Down Railway Great Southern & Western Railway 184 101 0-6-0 Inchicore Works — 1880 Railway Preservation Society of Ireland, Whitehead, Co. Antrim Great Southern & Western Railway 186 101 0-6-0 Sharp, Stewart & Company 2838 1879 Railway Preservation Society of Ireland, Whitehead, Co. Antrim Great Southern Railways 800 800 4-6-0 Inchicore Works — 1939 Static display, Ulster Folk and Transport Museums, Cultra, Belfast Londonderry Port and Harbour Commissioners 1 — 0-6-0ST Robert Stephenson & Company 2738 1891 Static display, Ulster Folk and Transport Museums, Cultra, Belfast Londonderry Port and Harbour Commissioners 3 R.H. Smyth — 0-6-0ST Avonside Engine Company 2021 1928 Railway Preservation Society of Ireland, Whitehead, Co. Antrim Cómhlucht Siúicre Éireann 1 CSÉT Shunting Locomotives 0-4-0T Orenstein & Koppel 12475 1934 Downpatrick and County Down Railway Cómhlucht Siúicre Éireann 3 CSÉT Shunting Locomotives 0-4-0T Orenstein & Koppel 12662 1935 Downpatrick and County Down Railway Guinness Brewery 3 — 0-4-0ST Hudswell Clarke 1152 1919 Railway Preservation Society of Ireland, Whitehead, Co. Antrim
Narrow Gauge Image Company Number / Name Class Type Manufacturer Serial No. Date Notes gauge County Donegal Railways Joint Committee 16 Donegal →4 Meenglas 5 2-6-4T Nasmyth, Wilson & Company 828 1907 Foyle Valley Railway Museum County Donegal Railways Joint Committee 17 Glenties →5 Drumboe 5 2-6-4T Nasmyth, Wilson & Company 829 1907 Donegal Railway Heritage Centre County Donegal Railways Joint Committee 18 Killybegs →6 Columbkille 5 2-6-4T Nasmyth, Wilson & Company 830 1907 Foyle Valley Railway Museum County Donegal Railways Joint Committee 2A Strabane →2 Blanche 5A 2-6-4T Nasmyth, Wilson & Company 956 1912 Static display, Ulster Folk and Transport Museums, Cultra, Belfast Cavan and Leitrim Railway 2 Kathleen 1–8 4-4-0T Robert Stephenson & Company 2613 1887 Static display, Ulster Folk and Transport Museums, Cultra, Belfast Cavan and Leitrim Railway 3 Lady Edith 1–8 4-4-0T Robert Stephenson & Company 2614 1887 New Jersey Museum of Transportation in process of returning to Ireland. Tralee and Dingle Light Railway 5 5 2-6-2T Hunslet Engine Company 555 1892 Tralee and Dingle Light Railway West Clare Railway 5 Slieve Callan 5–7 0-6-2T Dübs & Company 2890 1892 West Clare Railway Portstewart Tramway 1 1–2 0-4-0T Kitson & Company T56 1882 Preserved at the Streetlife Museum of Transport in Hull. Portstewart Tramway 2 1–2 0-4-0T Kitson & Company T84 1883 Static display, Ulster Folk and Transport Museums, Cultra, Belfast. British Aluminium 1 Tyrone 0-4-0T Peckett & Sons 1026 1904 Giant's Causeway and Bushmills Railway British Aluminium 2 0-4-0T Peckett & Sons 1097 1906 Static display, Ulster Folk and Transport Museums, Cultra, Belfast Bord na Móna 2 → LM44 1–3 Andrew Barclay Sons & Company 2264 1949 Stradbally Woodland Railway Bord na Móna 3 Shane → LM45 1–3 Andrew Barclay Sons & Company 2265 1949 Giant's Causeway and Bushmills Railway gauge Guinness Brewery 13 0-4-0T William Spence and Son — 1895 Static display, Narrow Gauge Railway Museum, Tywyn, Wales Guinness Brewery 15 0-4-0T William Spence and Son — 1895 Stradbally Woodland Railway Guinness Brewery 17 0-4-0T William Spence and Son — 1902 Guinness Brewery, Dublin. Guinness Brewery 20 0-4-0T William Spence and Son — 1905 Static display, Ulster Folk and Transport Museums, Cultra, Belfast Guinness Brewery 22 0-4-0T William Spence and Son — 1912 Cavan and Leitrim Railway Guinness Brewery 23 0-4-0T William Spence and Son — 1921 Static 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.
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