History
These two locomotives were delivered from the workshops of Kerr Stuart in 1902 and 1903. Like the Hunslet built locomotives (1 to 3, 6, and 8) these were fitted out to be suitable for tramway working with "skirts" covering the driving wheels and motion, cowcatchers, bell, headlight etc. The "skirts", normally a legal requirement for road-side tramways, were removed after only a short time to give crews easier access for lubrication of the motion etc. As photographic evidence does not show their return it must be presumed that the Board of Trade inspectors didn't get to this corner of Ireland very often.
They were delivered as Tralee & Dingle numbers 7 and 8, however No. 8 was re-numbered as No. 4 in 1908, following the scrapping of the original, a Hunslet 0-4-2T, built in 1890 and withdrawn in 1902, although not scrapped for a further five years.
| Orig. No. | Re-No. | Builders | Works No. | Date | Scrapped | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 7T | Kerr Stuart | 800 | 1902 | 1928 | |
| 8* | 4/4T | Kerr Stuart | 836 | 1903 | 1959 | to Cavan and Leitrim Railway, 1941 |
- Originally numbered No.8. Re-numbered No.4 in 1907 when the original No.4, an 0-4-2T (Hunslet 514-1890) was scrapped (withdrawn in 1902).
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