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Burma Road Railtour, 31 May 1975. Saturday evening on the so called Burma Road, that part of the former Great Southern & Western Railway north of Claremorris. Number 186 is a member of the mixed traffic J15 class. Here the engine is receiving routine inspection and oiling during a photo stop at Collooney Halt. Photographer John A. Thickitt (iretson@ntlworld.com)

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15669_05_CLASS_4_4_0_NO_171.jpg Burma Road Railtour, 31 May 1975. Former Great Northern Railway, Ireland, S class number 171, named Slieve Gullion. Here at Athlone, stopping for water, on the first section of the tour. Can you see the fireman oiling the engine. Photographer John Thickitt (iretson@ntlworld.com)

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Former Dublin and South Eastern Railway K2 Class 2-6-0 locomotive simmers gently as see awaits being taken for water before another turn of duty at Dublin's Amiens Street (Connolly) station on a "steam special". The locomotive is maintained by the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland. Photo by Lurach J Gallinagh (lgallina@iol.ie)

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A view of the cab of former Dublin and South Eastern Railway K2 Class 2-6-0 as her crew prepare for another turn of duty at Dublin's Amiens Street (Connolly) station on a "steam special". The locomotive is maintained by the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland. Photo by Lurach J Gallinagh (lgallina@iol.ie)

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Former Dublin and South Eastern Railway K2 Class 2-6-0 locomotive eases her train of preserved carriages onto the platform at Dublin's Amiens Street (Connolly) station after a "steam special". The locomotive and carriages are part of a impressive fleet maintained by the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland. Photo by Lurach J Gallinagh (lgallina@iol.ie)

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IE - Ireland Former Great Southern & Western Railway Class 23 steam locomotive number 36 is plinthed inside the station of Cork. It was built in 1842. Cork, 07-09-2008 Digital photo by Marco van Uden

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Former Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Class V locomotive "Merlin" (Beyer Peacock, works number 6733 of 1932) at Whitehead Excursion station, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. This locomative is in the care of the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland. Photo and scan by Desmond Elder (d.elder@btinternet.com)

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Former "Northern Counties Committee" Railway Former LMS (NCC) WT Class 2-6-4T Locomotive No 4. Built 1947. Withdrawn from service in June 1971 No 4 has the distinction of being one of the last, if not the last, steam locomotive in revenue earning service in the islands of Ireland and the UK - out-living the end of British Railways' steam operations, on 11 August 1968, by more than two years. Pictured in August 1983 at the headquarters of the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland in Whitehead, Northern Ireland. No 4 is one of a number of preserved locomotives maintained and operated by the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland (www.rpsi-online.org/). Original 35mm Transparency and Scan(C) by Lurach J Gallinagh lgallina@iol.ie

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Former "Northern Counties Committee" Railway Former LMS (NCC) WT Class 2-6-4T Locomotive No 4. Built 1947. Withdrawn from service in June 1971 August 1983 again and a rather poor photograph shows No 4 standing at the platform in Whitehead Station. Note the clerestory roof on the ex-Great Northern Railways (Ireland) carriage behind the locomotive. No 4 is one of a number of preserved locomotives maintained and operated by the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland (www.rpsi-online.org/). Original 35mm Transparency and Scan(C) by Lurach J Gallinagh lgallina@iol.ie

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Former "Northern Counties Committee" Railway Former LMS (NCC) WT Class 2-6-4T Locomotive No 4. Built 1947. Withdrawn from service in June 1971 August 1983 and the crew and admirers chat while No 4 rests at the platform in Whitehead Station. No 4 is one of a number of preserved locomotives maintained and operated by the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland (www.rpsi-online.org/). Original 35mm Transparency and Scan(C) by Lurach J Gallinagh lgallina@iol.ie

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"Tyrone" narrow gauge steam loco, runs on a preserved touristic lines from Cliff of Moher and the nearby village in Ireland Republic.July 2005. Digital photo marcolambruschi@libero.it

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Former Great Northern Railway locomotive "Merlin" at Lisburn NIR station, 27th August 1989. Photograph and scan copyright Desmond Elder, Comber, Northern Ireland. d.elder@btinternet.com

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Central Station, Belfast, on 27th August 1989. A special train to celebrate 150 years of railways in Northern Ireland waits to depart for Lisburn behind former Great Northern Railway 4-4-0 number 85 "Merlin". The Belfast Dublin "Enterprise" is standing alongside. Photo and scan by Desmond Elder. d.elder@btinternet.com

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Central Station, Belfast, on 27th August 1989. A special train to celebrate 150 years of railways in Northern Ireland waits to depart for Lisburn behind former Great Northern Railway 4-4-0 number 85 "Merlin". A Northern Ireland Railways service headed by 80 class diesel-electric railcar number 89 is standing alongside. Photo and scan by Desmond Elder. d.elder@btinternet.com