GS&WR 101 Class

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The Great Southern and Western Railway 101 Class, classified J15 by the Great Southern Railways is a class of 0-6-0 steam locomotives designed for freight work.

With 111 built between 1866 and 1903, they were the largest-constructed Irish class of locomotive (both steam and diesel). Most were constructed at the GS&WR's Inchicore Works, though others were built by Beyer Peacock and Sharp Stewart in England. These humble steam locomotives survived longer than more modern steam locomotives to the end of steam in the Republic of Ireland in 1962.

Two have been preserved by the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland making them the most numerous class of preserved Irish steam locomotives. No. 184 has a smaller saturated boiler with round-topped firebox, and was paired with the 1864 gallon outside-sprung tender. By contrast, No. 186, a Sharp Stewart engine, has a superheated larger boiler with a Belpaire firebox and a larger 3345 gallon tender. However, No. 184 has been paired with the larger tender when used on the Irish railway network.