The GS&WR) Class 33 consisted of six 2-4-2T locomotives designed by Henry Ivatt for Kerry branch line services,[2] especially tight radius curves of the branches to Kenmare and Valencia.[3]
Numbers 33 and 42 were subsequently fitted with a bell for working the Cork City Railways.[1] In their final years the class was mainly working in the Cork area,[4] At the end of steam in the 1959 number 42 was to be found in the Dublin area.[citation needed]
References
- ^ a b Clements & McMahon (2008), p. 63.
- ^ Murray & McNeill (1976), pp. 97, 148–149, 193.
- ^ Clements, McMahon & O'Rourke (2020), p. 162.
- ^ Boocock (2009), p. 22.
- Boocock, Colin (1 October 2009). Locomotive Compendium Ireland (1st ed.). Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 9780711033603.
- Clements, Jeremy; McMahon, Michael (2008). Locomotives of the GSR. Colourpoint Books. ISBN 9781906578268.
- Clements, Jeremy; McMahon, Michael; O'Rourke, Alan (2020). Locomotives of the Great Southern and Western Railway. County Louth: Collon Publishing. ISBN 9781527270282.
- Murray, K. A.; McNeill, D. B. (1976). The Great Southern & Western Railway. Irish Record Railway Society. ISBN 0904078051. OCLC 3069424.