GS&WR Class 37

GS&WR 37 Class

4-4-2T No. 317 partially hidden behind a railmotor

Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	H. Ivatt / Coey
Builder	Inchicore
Build date	1894 & 1901
Total produced	6

Specifications
Configuration:
• Whyte	4-4-2T
Gauge	5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm)
Leading dia.	3 ft 0 in (910 mm)
Driver dia.	5 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,740 mm)
Trailing dia.	3 ft 9 in (1,140 mm)
Length	34 ft 1+3⁄4 in (10,408 mm)
Axle load	12.5 long tons (12.7 t)
Loco weight	48.5 long tons (49.3 t)
Water cap.	1,130 imp gal (5,100 L; 1,360 US gal)
Boiler pressure	160 lbf/in² (1.10 MPa)
Cylinders	2
Cylinder size	16 in × 20 in (406 mm × 508 mm)

Performance figures
Tractive effort	9,530 lbf (42.39 kN)

Career
Operators	GS&WR GSR CIÉ
Class	C7 (Inchicore)
Number in class	6
Numbers	37–38, 317–320
Locale	Ireland
Withdrawn	1955
Disposition	All scrapped

Details for No. 37 as built^[1]

The Great Southern and Western Railway (GS&WR) Class 37 consisted of six 4-4-2T tank engines.^[1] The first two built by locomotive superintendent Henry Ivatt (Snr.) were based on a previous 2-4-0T design by McDonnell, as were some 2-4-2Ts Ivatt produced two years earlier for the Kerry branches.^[2]

Construction

In 1900 Robert Coey, who by then had been promoted Inchicore Railway Works Manager to locomotive superintendent,^{[citation needed]} produced four of a heavier and more powerful 4-4-2T, these were known as Class 27.^[2]

Robert Coey in 1902 produced four more of the lighter class built by Ivatt, these were to be the final passenger tanks built by the GS&WR.^[2]

Design

The Class 37 had a very low 13 long tons 6 cwt (29,800 lb or 13.5 t) maximum axle load enabling a very high route availability. By contrast the Class 27 had a higher maximum axle load 15 long tons 10 cwt (34,700 lb or 15.7 t).^[1]

Service

On the amalgamation to Great Southern Railways in 1925 some of these classes were allocated to the former Dublin and South Eastern Railway (DSER) services to Bray,^[2] where there was a shortage of motive power at least in part due to the ravages of the Irish Civil War.^{[citation needed]} By the 1930s most have been allocated to the Cork local services.^[1]

By 1948 the type was regarded as obsolete but all lasted until the 1950s with the last withdrawn in 1955.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Clements, Jeremy; McMahon, Michael (2008). Locomotives of the GSR. Colourpoint Books. pp. 62, 64. ISBN 9781906578268.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Murray, K. A.; McNeil, D.B. (1976). The Great Southern & Western Railway. Irish Railway Record Society. pp. 148–149, 151, 193. ISBN 0904078051.

v t e Steam locomotives of Ireland
Belfast and County Down Railway (1846–1948)	1 4 5 6 8 9 14 22 26 29
Belfast and Northern Counties Railway (1860–1903)	A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S
Northern Counties Committee (1903–1949)	A1 B1 B2 B3 D1 E1 F1 K1 L1 S1 S2 U U1 U2 V W WT Y
Great Northern Railway (1876–1958)	A AL B BP BT C D E G H J JT NQG NLQG P PG PP Q QG QGTs QGT2 QL QLG QNG RT S & S2 SG & SG2 SG3 T T2 U V UG VS 203 204
Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway (1875–1957)	<i>Erne</i> <i>Faugh-a-Ballagh</i> <i>Glencar</i> Leitrim Lough <i>Pioneer</i> <i>Sir Henry</i> <i>Waterford</i>
Cork, Bandon and South Coast Railway (1849–1924)	1, 2 1, 2, 4A, 8 2 (II) 3, 4 3, 9, 10, 18 5, 6 7 (I) 7 (II) 9, 10 11 5, 6, 12, 16, 17 14, 15 19, 20 4, 8, 11, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20 Argadeen St Molaga Slaney
Dublin and Kingstown Railway (1834–1856)	Vauxhall Hibernia Star Victoria Princess Burgoyne
Dublin and South Eastern Railway (1854–1925)	1, 2, 6–7, 9–10, 28, 44–47, 49 3, 8, 10–12, 27–30, 40, 45–46 4–5 13–14, 18, 65–66 15–16 15–23, 37–39, 48 17, 36 20, 34–35 24–26, 32–33 42–44 50–51 52–54 55–58 59–64 67–68 69–70
Great Southern and Western Railway (1845–1924)	1 2 21 23 27 33 37 41 43 44 45 28 & 47 52 56 60 62 64 90 91 92 99 100 101 102 104 110 & 112 116 117 119 122 124 133 139 144 201 203 204 207 & 217 211 213 249 & 351 257 301 305 309 321 333 341 355 362 368 400 500 900 <i>Fairy</i> Jumbo Sambo <i>Sprite</i>
Midland Great Western Railway (1847–1924)	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7–12 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 A B C D D-bogie D2 E F H K L P W
Great Southern Railways (1925–1944)	280 342 372 393 495 670 700 710 800 850
Córas Iompair Éireann (1945–1962)	Turf Burner No. CC1
Tralee and Dingle Light Railway (1891–1953)	1, 2, 3, 6, 8 4 5 7, 8 (4T)
Industrial engines	CSÉT Shunting Locomotives R. H. Smyth

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