| Great Southern & Western Railway Class 101 |
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| Preserved No.186 in steam at Whitehead, County Antrim, in 2010. | |
| Power type | Steam |
| Designer | Alexander McDonnell |
| Builder | Inchicore Works (91), Beyer, Peacock & Co. (12), Sharp, Stewart & Co. (8) |
| Serial number | BP: 747–750, 780–783, 1251–1252, 2029–2030 SS: , 2155–2158, 2310–2311, 2837–2838 |
| Build date | 1866–1903 |
| Total produced | 111 |
| Configuration | 0-6-0 |
| UIC classification | C |
| Gauge | 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) |
| Axle load | 13 tons 0 cwt (29,100 lb or 13.2 t) |
| Locomotive weight | 37 tons 13 cwt (84,300 lb or 38.2 t) |
| Cylinders | Two, inside |
| Cylinder size | 18 × 24 in (457 × 610 mm) |
| Tractive effort | 17,170 lbf (76.4 kN) |
| Career | GS&WR, GSR, CIÉ |
| Class | GS&WR: 101 GSR: J15 |
| Withdrawn | 1886–1963 |
| Preserved | 184 & 186 |
| Current owner | RPSI |
The Great Southern and Western Railway Class 101, classified as Class 101 or Class J15 by the Great Southern Railways, was a class of 0-6-0 steam locomotives designed for working goods traffic although they did, and were quite capable of, working branch or even main line passenger trains.
The 101s were by far the most numerous class of locomotive (diesel or steam) ever to run in Ireland with 111 being built between 1866 and 1903 with only minor modifications between batches. The great majority were built by the GS&WR at Inchicore Works, though the construction of some examples was contracted out to Beyer, Peacock and Company (12) and Sharp, Stewart and Company (8), both famous Manchester based locomotive building firms.
The 101s survived long after many more modern steam locomotives were scrapped with nearly half their number still in traffic when the Córas Iompair Éireann completed dieselisation at the end of 1962.
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The RPSI has an example, No.186
Two have been preserved by the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland making them the most numerous class of preserved Irish steam locomotives. No. 186 is currently in working order [1], and is normally based at the society's Whitehead depot.
The preserved locomotives have appeared in various films. Most recently, No. 186 appears in the 2006 film, The Wind That Shakes the Barley. Both 184 and 186 appear in the 1979 film, The First Great Train Robbery.[2]
The Class 101 is currently available as a 00 gauge etched-brass kit from Studio Scale Models. It includes transfers, brass etches and cast white metal parts.
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