BNCR Class S
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The Irish S Class Steam locomotive was built for use heading turn-of-the-century Belfast-Dublin express trains.
A preserved example exists, No. 171 Slieve Gullion [1], which spent over 40 years on various parts of the GNR system on the main line and secondary duties along with the other four members of her class.
She was built by Beyer, Peacock & Co., Manchester in 1913 (Works No.5629), renewed in Dundalk in 1938 and withdrawn from service in 1965.
After the greater part of the GNR (Great Northern Railway) was closed in 1957 and the remainder of the track split between CIE (Coras Iompair Éireann-Irish Transport Authority) and the UTA (Ulster Transport Authority) in 1958, she was allocated to CIE before being sold to the UTA in 1963. Her last few years in traffic until 1965 were spent based in Belfast for use on Belfast - Portadown & Derry trains.
