MGWR Classes C and Cs

The Midland Great Western Railway (MGWR) C Class was a class of 4-4-0 locomotives designed and built at Broadstone by Edward Cusack between 1909 and 1915 using parts obtained from Kitson and Company. They replaced the earlier 7-12 class. The class consisted of nine locomotives as follows:

No.	Name	Built	GSR No.	Withdrawn
4	Ballynahinch	1910	538	1950
5	Croagh Patrick	1910	539	1952
6	Kylemore	1911	542	1959
7	Connemara	1909	540	1953
8	St. Patrick	1913	541	1959
9	Emerald Isle	1912	537	1953
10	Faugh a Ballagh	1909	543	1959
11	Erin go Bragh	1915	544	1955
12	Shamrock	1913	536	1951

Principal dimensions of the class were: 6'3" Driving wheels, 3'6" Bogie wheels, Fixed wheelbase 8' 2", Total Wheelbase 20' 11", Diameter of original boiler 4' 5", Tender wheel base 12', Diameter of tender wheels 3' 9", Cylinders 18"x26", Heating Surface: Firebox 115 sq.ft; Tubes 975 sq.ft; Grate area 16 sq.ft, Working pressure 175lbs, Weight of Engine and Tender 74 tons.

The class was used from their introduction in 1909 principally on trains on the Sligo and Mayo branches until their withdrawal in the 1950s.

Several of the class were rebuilt with superheated boilers and new cabs over their long lives beginning in the 1920s. In 1912 during the coal strike of that year No. 10 was converted to an oil burning locomotive using Holden oil burning apparatus.

Liveries

When introduced the locomotives carried an apple green livery with black edged with white lining. The tender was lettered MGWR with the company seal between the letters G and W. They carried brass nameplates on the lead driving when splasher with the builders plate and number on the cabside. From 1915 after W.H. Morton was appointed Chief Mechanical Engineer of the MGWR the engines were repainted black until the merger of the MGWR into the Great Southern Railways in 1925. From then until withdrawal, all were painted plain grey, initially with cast cabside numberplates (also plain grey), but from about 1949 these were gradually removed with pale yellow painted numerals substituted.

References

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↑ The Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland - Ernie Shepherd
↑ Railway Magazine Vol XXV, 1909
↑ Irish Railways In Pictures No. 2 The Midland Great Western Line
↑ The Locomotive Magazine 1910
↑ The Locomotive Magazine 1912
↑ Locomotives of the GSR - Jeremy Clements and Michael McMahon

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 South Eastern Railway (1854–1925)	24, 25, 32, 33 52–54 3, 10, 11, 28, 45, 46 1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 10, 28, 44–47, 49 50, 51 42–44 55–58 20, 34, 35 65, 66 8, 12, 27, 29, 30, 40 4, 5 13, 14, 18, 65, 66 17 18 69, 70 15, 16

Great Southern and Western Railway (1845–1924)	1 2 21 23 27 & 35 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, As & A1 B C & Cs C & C1 D D2 E F, Fa & Fb H K L & Lm Ln 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 5 7,8(4T)

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