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CLR 1 to 8
🇮🇪 Ireland ·built by Robert Stephenson and Company· from 1887· class of 8 Irish 3-foot gauge 4-4-0T locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. C&LR 4-4-0T 2 "KATHLEEN": Skimann· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
Cavan and Leitrim Railway 1 to 8 were 4-4-0T locomotives built by Robert Stephenson and Company, and were the first locomotives on the Cavan and Leitrim Railway (C&LR). On the 1925 amalgamation, when the railway became part of the Great Southern Railways, they were designated Class 1L or Class DN2. The first section, some 34 miles (55 km) of what became the Cavan and Leitrim Railway (C&LR) from Dromod to Belturbet, was opened in October 1887.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 139 years ago, in 1887.
- Weighs about as much as 5 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 72 years (1887–1959).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1887
- in service from
- 1887
- retired
- 1959
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 8
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇮🇪 Ireland
- builders
- Robert Stephenson and Company
- operators
- Cavan and Leitrim Railway, Great Southern Railways, Córas Iompair Éireann
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 914 mm 3 ft narrow gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0
- weight
- 27.4 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5012792, Wikipedia: CLR 1 to 8 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.