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MGWR Class K
MGWR Class K 2-4-0 on an express at Clifden in 1914.
Type and origin Power type Steam Designer Martin Atock Builder Broadstone Works Build date 1893-1898 Total produced 20
Career Operators MGWR GSR CIÉ Numbers MGWR 13-24,27-34 GSR/CIÉ 650-668 Official name MGWR Class K GSR Class 650 G2 Withdrawn 1923 (Civil War loss) 1954-1963 (remainder)
The MGWR Class K was a Midland Great Western Railway (MGWR) 2-4-0 designed by Martin Atock for passenger work and introduced from 1893. They replaced earlier MGWR Class D locomotives that carried the same names and numbers. The class was also known as the Great Southern Railways (GSR) 650 G2 class.[2] [3] [4]
Locomotives [ edit ]
MGWR No.
Name
Introduced
GSR No.
Withdrawn
13
Rapid
1893
659
1961
14
Racer
1893
650
1959
15
Rover
1895
660
1959
16
Rob Roy
1895
651
1959
17
Reindeer
1894
661
1959
18
Ranger
1893
652
1954
19
Spencer
1894
653
1963
20
Speedy
1896
War loss
1923
21
Swift
1896
662
1955
22
Samson
1896
663
1959
23
Sylph
1896
664
1961
24
Sprite
1896
665
1959
27
Clifton
1896
666
1957
28
Clara
1896
654
1963
29
Consilla
1896
655
1961
30
Active
1897
656
1957
31
Alert
1897
667
1957
32
Ariel
1897
668
1959
33
Arrow
1898
657
1961
34
Aurora
1898
658
1954
[2]
Design and historical development [ edit ]
The design was a progression of the MGWR Class D standard passenger locomotive and resulted in a design more powerful than the MGWR Class D-bogie 4-4-0 . They were rebuilt with superheated boilers from 1918 increasing their power still further and becoming one of the few if not only superheated 2-4-0 classes in the world.[3] [4]
Services [ edit ]
They were initially allocated to top expresses such at the limited mail with some of the heaviest requiring double heading. After the turn of the century they were displaced by 4-4-0 types to secondary duties throughout the MGWR network but became mainly based around the Sligo line in the GSR/CIÉ era. On the Achill line they would be brought in for heavier trains particular after 6 coupled locomotives were banned after 1925 on that branch. They remained active and useful into the 1950s with the last withdrawal in 1963. The locomotive class was also noted for working on the Ballaghaderreen branch line in its final years.[1] [2] [3] [4]
Accidents and Incidents [ edit ]
Several of the class were damaged in civil war incidents in 1922/23. In particular No. 20 Speedy was destroyed at Killala on 3 February 1923.[2]
References [ edit ]
^ a b c d Shepherd, Ernie (1994). The Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland - An illustrated History . Midland Publishing Limited. pp. 85–788, 122, 124, 130–131. ISBN 1-85780-008-7 .
^ a b c Clements, Jeremy; McMahon, Michael (2008). Locomotives of the GSR . Colourpoint Books. pp. 208–210. ISBN 9781906578268 .
^ a b c Beaumont, Jonathan (2002). Rails to Achill . pp. 98–99, 101. ISBN 978-0853615880 .
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