The locomotives of the Dundalk, Newry and Greenore Railway (DNGR) were six 0-6-0ST (saddle tanks), with inside cylinders. All were built at Crewe Works.
History
The DNGR was owned by the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) and the locomotives were based on the LNWR Special Tanks, but built for Irish gauge and with larger driving wheels, instead of . The locomotives were all built at the LNWR's Crewe Works, England. The first three were built in 1873, followed by another two in 1876 and a final locomotive in 1898. The sixth locomotive was not new, but was rebuilt from an LNWR DX Goods Class originally from 1867.
The locomotives were painted in LNWR livery. They were numbered in order of building from 1 to 6 and also carried names. NumberNameWorks No.Date built 1 Macrory 1509 1873 2 Greenore 1510 1873 3 Dundalk 1511 1873 4 Newry 1962 1876 5 Carlingford 1963 1876 6 Holyhead 3877 1898
In 1933 the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) (GNR) took over operation of the DNGR and began using its own locomotives for passenger trains, with the line's original locomotives remaining in use for goods services.
During World War II three of the remaining five locomotives (Nos. 1, 4 and 6) were loaned to the Northern Counties Committee and used for shunting duties around York Road, Belfast and in Coleraine, but all were returned by 1946 due to not being satisfactory to NCC's needs.
Withdrawal
Locomotive No. 5 Carlingford was scrapped in 1929. Nos. 2 and 6 were out of use by 1948 and scrapped with Nos. 3 and 6 at Sutton, Dublin in 1952 after the DNGR closed. Consideration was given to the preservation of locomotive No. 1 Macrory but, in the end, no locomotives were preserved.
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