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Class of 6 Irish 2-4-2T locomotives

GS&WR 33 Class

No. 36 stored at Rockferry

Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	Henry Ivatt
Builder	Inchicore
Build date	1892—1894
Total produced	6

Specifications
Configuration:
• Whyte	2-4-2 T
Gauge	5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm)
Leading dia.	3 ft 9 in (1,140 mm)
Driver dia.	5 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,740 mm)
Trailing dia.	3 ft 9 in (1,140 mm)
Length	30 ft 11+1⁄2 in (9,436 mm)
Axle load	12.65 long tons (12.85 t)
Adhesive weight	25.1 long tons (25.5 t)
Loco weight	46.6 long tons (47.3 t)
Water cap.	1,250 imp gal (5,700 L; 1,500 US gal)
Boiler pressure	150 lbf/in (1.03 MPa)
Cylinders	2
Cylinder size	16 in × 20 in (406 mm × 508 mm)

Performance figures
Tractive effort	9,530 lbf (42.39 kN)

Career
Operators	GS&WR GSR CIÉ
Class	F6 (Inchicore)
Number in class	6
Numbers	33—36, 41—42
Locale	Ireland
Withdrawn	1963

The GS&WR) Class 33 consisted of six 2-4-2 T locomotives designed by Henry Ivatt for Kerry branch line services, especially tight radius curves of the branches to Kenmare and Valencia.

Numbers 33 and 42 were subsequently fitted with a bell for working the Cork City Railways. In their final years the class was mainly working in the Cork area, At the end of steam in the 1959 number 42 was to be found in the Dublin area.

References

^ Clements & McMahon (2008), p. 63.
Murray & McNeill (1976), pp. 97, 148–149, 193.
Clements, McMahon & O'Rourke (2020), p. 162.
Boocock (2009), p. 22.

Boocock, Colin (1 October 2009). Locomotive Compendium Ireland (1st ed.). Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 9780711033603.
Clements, Jeremy; McMahon, Michael (2008). Locomotives of the GSR. Colourpoint Books. ISBN 9781906578268.
Clements, Jeremy; McMahon, Michael; O'Rourke, Alan (2020). Locomotives of the Great Southern and Western Railway. County Louth: Collon Publishing. ISBN 9781527270282.
Murray, K. A.; McNeill, D. B. (1976). The Great Southern & Western Railway. Irish Record Railway Society. ISBN 0904078051. OCLC 3069424.

v t e Steam locomotives of Ireland
Belfast and County Down Railway (1846–1948)	1 4 5 6 8 9 14 22 26 29
Belfast and Northern Counties Railway (1860–1903)	A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S
Northern Counties Committee (1903–1949)	A1 B1 B2 B3 D1 E1 F1 K1 L1 S1 S2 U U1 U2 V W WT Y
Great Northern Railway (1876–1958)	A AL B BP BT C D E G H J JT NQG NLQG P PG PP Q QG QGTs QGT2 QL QLG QNG RT S & S2 SG & SG2 SG3 T T2 U V UG VS 203 204
Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway (1875–1957)	Erne Faugh-a-Ballagh Glencar Leitrim Lough Pioneer Sir Henry Waterford
Cork, Bandon and South Coast Railway (1849–1924)	1, 2 1, 2, 4A, 8 2 (II) 3, 4 3, 9, 10, 18 5, 6 7 (I) 7 (II) 9, 10 11 5, 6, 12, 16, 17 14, 15 19, 20 4, 8, 11, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20 Argadeen St Molaga Slaney
Dublin and Kingstown Railway (1834–1856)	Vauxhall Hibernia Star Victoria Princess Burgoyne
Dublin and South Eastern Railway (1854–1925)	1, 2, 6–7, 9–10, 28, 44–47, 49 3, 8, 10–12, 27–30, 40, 45–46 4–5 13–14, 18, 65–66 15–16 15–23, 37–39, 48 17, 36 20, 34–35 24–26, 32–33 42–44 50–51 52–54 55–58 59–64 67–68 69–70
Great Southern and Western Railway (1845–1924)	1 2 21 23 27 33 37 41 43 44 45 28 & 47 52 56 60 62 64 90 91 92 99 100 101 102 104 110 & 112 116 117 119 122 124 133 139 144 201 203 204 207 & 217 211 213 249 & 351 257 301 305 309 321 333 341 355 362 368 400 500 900 Fairy Jumbo Sambo Sprite
Midland Great Western Railway (1847–1924)	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7–12 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 A B C D D-bogie D2 E F H K L P W
Great Southern Railways (1925–1944)	280 342 372 393 495 670 700 710 800 850
Córas Iompair Éireann (1945–1962)	Turf Burner No. CC1
Tralee and Dingle Light Railway (1891–1953)	1, 2, 3, 6, 8 4 5 7, 8 (4T)
Industrial engines	CSÉT Shunting Locomotives R. H. Smyth

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