GNRI Class V

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Great Northern Railway (Ireland) class V

No. 85 Merlin, the only survivor of her 5-strong class, in steam at Lisburn on 3 July 2004.
Power type	Steam
Designer	George T. Glover
Builder	Beyer, Peacock & Co.
Order number	1524
Serial number	6731–6735
Build date	1932
Total production	5
Configuration	4-4-0
UIC classification	2'Bh3
Gauge	5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm)
Driver size	6 ft 7 in (2.007 m)
Locomotive and tender combined weight	103 tons 11 cwt (105.2 tonnes)
Boiler pressure	250 psi (1.72 MPa), later 200 psi (1.38 MPa)
Cylinders	Three – 1 HP and 2 LP
High-pressure cylinder size	17¼ × 26 in (438 × 660 mm)
Low-pressure cylinder size	19 × 26 in (483 × 660 mm)
Valve gear	Stephenson
Tractive effort	23,762 lbf (105.70 kN) later 19,000 lbf (84.52 kN)
Career	Great Northern Railway (Ireland)
Class	V
Number in class	5
Number	83–87
Nicknames	Pounders
Preserved	No. 85 Merlin
Disposition	One preserved, four scrapped.

GNR(I) 85 Merlin at Goraghwood, County Armagh on 10 July 1957.

The Great Northern Railway (Ireland) V class steam locomotives were 3-cylinder compound locomotives of 4-4-0 wheel arrangement built in 1932 by Beyer, Peacock and Company. They were numbered 83-87. The design owed a lot to the Midland Railway 1000 Class. When the GNR(I) stock was split up in 1958, 83/86/87 passed to the Ulster Transport Authority (UTA), and 84/85 to Córas Iompair Éireann (CIÉ).

The names of three of these locomotives were re-used on the Northern Ireland Railways 101 Class locomotives. These locomotives were withdrawn from service in 1963, but 85 Merlin has been preserved by the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland at Whitehead, County Antrim, and returned to operational condition.

[edit] External links

• http://www.rpsi-online.org/locomotives/loco85.htm