GNRI Class S

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The Great Northern Railway (Ireland) class S was a 4-4-0 steam locomotive that was built in 1913 for powering Belfast-Dublin express trains.

A preserved example exists, No. 171 Slieve Gullion [1], which spent over 40 years on various parts of the Great Northern Railway system on the main line and secondary duties along with the other four members of her class.

She was built by Beyer, Peacock & Co. of Manchester in 1913 (Works No.5629), renewed in Dundalk in 1938 and withdrawn from service in 1965. The locomotives is currently stored at the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland's base at Whitehead, County Antrim.

After the greater part of the GNR(I) was closed in 1957 and the remainder of the track split between the Córas Iompair Éireann (CIÉ) and the Ulster Transport Authority (UTA) in 1958, she was allocated to the CIÉ before being sold to the UTA in 1963. Her last few years in traffic until 1965 were spent based in Belfast for use on Belfast - Portadown & Derry trains.

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