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GSR Class 495

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GSR 495 Class
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
BuilderPeckett
ModelBeaufort/E
Build date1920
Total produced1
Specifications
Configuration:
 • Whyte0-4-0ST
Gauge5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm)
Driver dia.2 ft 9 in (840 mm)
Length19 ft 5+12 in (5,931 mm) (est.)
Loco weight18 long tons (18 t)
Water cap.475 imp gal (2,160 L; 570 US gal)
Boiler pressure160 lbf/in2 (1.10 MPa)
Cylinders2
Cylinder size10 in × 15 in (254 mm × 381 mm)
Performance figures
Tractive effort6,181 lbf (27.49 kN)
Career
Operators
ClassM3 (Inchicore)
Power classTT
Number in class1
Numbers495
LocaleIreland
Withdrawn1949
[1]: 265 

The Great Southern Railways (GSR) Class 495 consisted of a single 0-4-0ST built by Peckett and Sons and originally supplied to Allman & Co., Distillers of Bandon, County Cork in 1920. It was purchased in 1930 by the GSR for use on Victoria Quays section of the Cork City Railways where it had the ability to negotiate tight curves and was the only locomotive permitted to work the sharp curves to Anderson's Quay. From the mid 1930s it appears to have been used only intermittently and was withdrawn in 1949.[1]: 266 

References

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  1. ^ a b Clements, Jeremy; McMahon, Michael (2008). Locomotives of the GSR. Colourpoint Books. ISBN 9781906578268.