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![]() BT No. 1 at Irish Street Halt, Armagh, 1909 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Great Northern Railway Class BT were a class of 13 4-4-0T tank locomotives introduced by the GNR(I) from 1885.[1]
While fit for purpose when built, increasing train weights particularly with bogie carriages a factor meant by the 1920s they were underpowered for all available work and were withdrawn by 1921.[2]
Belfast and County Down Railway (1846–1948) |
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Belfast and Northern Counties Railway (1860–1903) | |
Northern Counties Committee (1903–1949) | |
Great Northern Railway (1876–1958) | |
Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway (1875–1957) | |
Cork, Bandon and South Coast Railway (1849–1924) |
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Dublin and Kingstown Railway (1834–1856) | |
Dublin and South Eastern Railway (1854–1925) | |
Great Southern and Western Railway (1845–1924) | |
Midland Great Western Railway (1847–1924) | |
Great Southern Railways (1925–1944) | |
Córas Iompair Éireann (1945–1962) | |
Tralee and Dingle Light Railway (1891–1953) | |
Industrial engines |