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The Great Southern and Western Railway (GS&WR) was an Irish gauge (1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)) railway company in Ireland from 1844 [ 2 ] until 1924. [ 3 ] The GS&WR grew by building lines and making a series of takeovers, until in the late 19th and early 20th centuries it was the largest of Ireland's "Big Four" railway networks.
DCDR. Perhaps Ireland’s most beloved steam loco, 90’s story began in Dublin when it was designed by the Great Southern and Western Railway’s locomotive engineer, Alexander McDonnell, for the Castleisland & Gortatlea Railway in Co. Kerry. At a cost of £1585 (including eight spare boiler tubes!), it was constructed at the GSWR’s ...
- 1875
- 1961
- Castleisland & Gortatlea Light Railway
Nov 20, 2023 · The extensive restoration of 1926 built Collett bow-ended third 4786 is nearing completion with just the bogies, roof and external painting to finish. Anyone wishing to lend a hand should e-mail info@gw-svr-a.org.uk or phone Mick Haynes on 07733 310 060 or visit us in Bewdley yard on Wednesdays and Saturdays (and other days most weeks).
Do note however that this stock wandered far and wide, even into other regions and characteristic ex Southern Railway or Great Western Railway vehicles could turn up anywhere on the system. One distinctive BR marking, which appeared in the late 1950's I believe, was a yellow disk about ten inches in diameter bearing the word Circuit above a downward pointing arrow.
British railway rolling stock refers to the trains used in Britain ... Great Western Railway: 150/2: Sprinter: Diesel 75 120 20 2 ... Southern: 171/2: Turbostar ...
Locomotive stock list. The Bluebell Railway has the UK’s largest and most comprehensive collection of locomotives from the former Southern Railway and its three main constituents. It also, surprisingly, has the largest collection of BR standard design steam locomotives. This is the finest collection outside of the National Railway Museum in ...
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Various sections of the railway have been opened as follows :—To Kingstown, 1834; to Wicklow, 1856 ; to Enniscorthy, 1864; to Wexford. 1872; to New Ross, 1887; City of Dublin Junction Railways, 1891; and New Ross to Waterford, 1904. The opening of the Extension Railway from New Ross to Waterford has provided not only a new route to Waterford ...
