Carrowbeg railtour, 2009

60 photos of the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland's annual three day steam tour. In 2009 it ran from Dublin to Westport, Westport to Ballina and return, and back to Dublin. It was hauled by Northern Counties Committee 2-6-4T No 4, built at Derby in 1947.

Builder's plate, No 4, 9 May 2009 Eighteen WT 2-6-4Ts were built by Derby between 1946 and 1950 for service in Northern Ireland on the 5 foot 3 inch lines operated by the LMS Northern Counties Committee. The LMS had inherited the NCC system from the Midland. The Midland had taken over the Belfast & Northern Counties Railway in 1903, when it was developing its Anglo-Irish services by building the new port at Heysham.

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Builder's plate, No 4, 9 May 2009 Eighteen WT 2-6-4Ts were built by Derby between 1946 and 1950 for service in Northern Ireland on the 5 foot 3 inch lines operated by the LMS Northern Counties Committee. The LMS had inherited the NCC system from the Midland. The Midland had taken over the Belfast & Northern Counties Railway in 1903, when it was developing its Anglo-Irish services by building the new port at Heysham.

Carrowbeg railtour 2009 photos