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MGWR Class H information


MGWR H class
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
BuilderAvonside Engine Company
Build date1878
Total produced4
Specifications
Configuration:
 • Whyte0-6-0
Gauge5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm)
Driver dia.4 ft 9 in (1,450 mm)
Career
OperatorsMidland Great Western Railway (MGWR)
Great Southern Railways (GSR)
CIÉ
Number in class4
NumbersMGWR 96-99
GSR 619-622
LocaleIreland
Withdrawn1945-1949
DispositionAll scrapped

The Midland Great Western Railway (MGWR) Class H were an 0-6-0 locomotive bought in 1880 from Avonside Engine Company. After 1925 they became Great Southern Railways (GSR) class 619 / Inchicore class J6.[1][2]

  1. ^ Shepherd, Ernie (1994). The Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland – An illustrated History. Midland Publishing Limited. pp. 86–87. ISBN 1-85780-008-7.
  2. ^ Clements, Jeremy; McMahon, Michael (2008). Locomotives of the GSR. Colourpoint Books. pp. 201–202. ISBN 9781906578268.

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