Stocklist Steam Locomotives

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A full list of the RPSI's steam locomotives.

No.
Name
Original
Company
Class
Wheel
Layout
Builder
Works
No.
Date
Built
Date
Retired
Acquired
By RPSI
Present
Livery
Loco
Type
Location
& Status
Additional
Notes
3
Guinness
 Arthur Guinness, Son & Co. Ltd., Dublin
BG
0-4-0ST
 Hudswell Clarke
1152
1919
1961
1965
 Blue + gold edged black lining Shunter
Whitehead
In traffic
 First Society locomotive.
3
R.H. Smyth
 Londonderry Port & Harbour Commissioners  
0-6-0ST
 Avonside
2021
1928
1959
1972
 Green + white lining Shunter
Whitehead
Out of traffic
 Sold to the RPSI for £1 by Rev L.H.Campbell.
4
   L.M.S. (Northern Counties Committee)
WT
2-6-4T
 L.M.S.
Derby		  
1947
1970
1971
 UTA Black + straw & red lining Mixed traffic
Dublin
In traffic
 Last steam mainline locomotive in company service in British Isles. Bought for £1,275.
27
Lough Erne
 Sligo Leitrim & Northern Counties Railway
Z
0-6-4T
 Beyer Peacock
7242
1949
1970
1970
 UTA Black + straw & red lining Mixed traffic
Whitehead
Out of traffic
 Last Irish steam locomotive to be delivered (1951). Bought by UTA in 1959.
85
Merlin
 Great Northern Railway (Ireland)
V
4-4-0
 Beyer Peacock
6733
1932
1963
1977
(loan)
 GNR(I) Blue + black & white lining + red frames Compound express passenger
Whitehead
In traffic
 Long term loan from the Ulster Folk & Transport Museum. Only operational compound in British Isles.
131
Uranus
(pre-1914)
 Great Northern Railway (Ireland)
Q
4-4-0
 Neilson Reid
5727
1901
1963
2005
 Black with red lining Express passenger
Whitehead
In traffic
 Rebuilt by GNR in 1920. Frames and boiler moved to Whitehead from Inchicore in 2003.
171
Slieve Gullion
 Great Northern Railway (Ireland)
S
4-4-0
 Beyer Peacock
5629
1913
1965
1966 (lease)
2003
 GNR(I) Blue + black & white lining + red frames Express passenger
Whitehead
Under repair
 Rebuilt by GNR in 1938. To CIÉ in 1958, UTA 1963.
184
   Great Southern & Western Railway
J15
0-6-0
 GS&WR  
1880
1963
1976 (loan)
2005
 Black Mixed traffic
Whitehead
Out of traffic
 Used as main locomotive in the 1978 film “The First Great Train Robbery”. Saturated steam boiler.
186
   Great Southern & Western Railway
J15
0-6-0
 Sharp Stewart
2838
1879
1965
1965
 GSR Grey Mixed traffic
Whitehead
Museum exhibit
 Rebuilt with superheat in 1932. The Society’s second engine - presented in October 1964;delivered to Belfast on 11/12/1965.
461
   Dublin & South Eastern Railway
K2
2-6-0
 Beyer Peacock
6112
1922
1962
1976 (loan)
2005
 CIÉ Green Mixed traffic
Whitehead
In traffic
 DSER No.15. Returned to traffic in 1991 after nearly 30 years with a formal launch by President of Ireland.


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