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"S" CLASS 4-4-0 No. 171 "SLIEVE GULLION" BUILT BY:BEYER, PEACOCK &
CO., MANCHESTER (WORKS NO. 5629)
Built for the Belfast - Dublin express trains, No. 171 spent over 40 years on various parts of the GNR system on the main line and secondary duties along with the other 4 members of her class. After the greater part of the GNR was closed in 1957, and the remainder split between CIE and UTA 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 and Derry trains. ![]() The loco is currently in store at Whitehead. |
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