Steam railmotors of Ireland

Belfast and County Down Railmotor No. 3

A steam railmotor or steam railcar is a carriage (railcar) that is self powered by a steam engine,

Operating Companies

Belfast and County Down

The Belfast and County Down Railway introduced three railmotors c.1905 which lasted in service until 1918.[1]

Dublin Wicklow and Wexford Railway

The Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway had two steam railmotors,[2] built by Manning Wardle.[3]

Great Northern Railway

The Great Northern Railway of Ireland operated seven steam railmotors acquired c.1906.[4]

Great Southern and Western Railway

The Great Southern and Western Railway purchased a single steam railmotor in 1905.[2]

Great Southern Railways

Great Southern Railways initially introduced four steam railmotors, Nos. 354 to 357, from Sentinel in 1927 which were withdrawn in 1941–2.[5] These were followed by six from Clayton in 1928, which were relatively unsuccessful and withdrawn in 1932 though the carriage portions were converted into three articulated non-powered pairs which remained in service until 1955.[6]

Northern Counties Committee

The Northern Counties Committee obtained two new steam railmotors in 1905.[7]

References

Footnotes

1. Patterson 1982, pp. 25–26.
2. Rowledge 1993, p. 64.
3. LM 1906, p. 185.
4. Rowledge 1993, p. 28.
5. Clements & McMahon 2008, p. 300.
6. Clements & McMahon 2008, pp. 301–302.
7. Rowledge 1993, p. 46.

Sources

• Clements, Jeremy; McMahon, Michael (2008). Locomotives of the GSR. Newtownards: Colourpoint Books. ISBN 9781906578268. OCLC 547074718.
• LM (15 November 1906). "Steam Rail Motor Coaches". The Locomotive Magazine. Vol. 12, no. 171. London: Locomotive Publishing Company.
• Patterson, Edward Mervyn (1982) [1958]. Belfast and County Down Railway. Newton Abbott: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-8306-X. OCLC 16552845.
• Rowledge, J. W. Peter (1993). Irish Steam Loco Register. Stockport, England: Irish Traction Group. ISBN 9780947773335. OCLC 30815253.