Английская Википедия:GS&WR Class 37

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use Irish English Шаблон:Infobox locomotive The Great Southern and Western Railway (GS&WR) Class 37 consisted of six 4-4-2T tank engines. The first two built by locomotive superintendent Henry Ivatt (Snr.) were based on a previous 2-4-0T design by McDonnell, as were some 2-4-2Ts Ivatt produced two years earlier for the Kerry branches.

Construction

In 1900 Robert Coey, who by then had been promoted Inchicore Railway Works Manager to locomotive superintendent,Шаблон:Cn produced four of a heavier and more powerful Шаблон:Whyte, these were known as Class 27.

Robert Coey in 1902 produced four more of the lighter class built by Ivatt, these were to be the final passenger tanks built by the GS&WR.

Design

The Class 37 had a very low Шаблон:Long ton maximum axle load enabling a very high route availability. By contrast the Class 27 had a higher maximum axle load Шаблон:Long ton.

Service

On the amalgamation to Great Southern Railways in 1925 some of these classes were allocated to the former Dublin and South Eastern Railway (DSER) services to Шаблон:Stn, where there was a shortage of motive power at least in part due to the ravages of the Irish Civil War.Шаблон:Cn By the 1930s most have been allocated to the Cork local services.

By 1948 the type was regarded as obsolete but all lasted until the 1950s with the last withdrawn in 1955.