RPSI steam special Dublin 13th july 2008

[no4472]

Great vid!

[lokoiutfftty]

I was on this train. I was in Diner No. 88(5th coach) but you can't see me when it passes Pearse because I was facing towards the sea.

[leeky7]

One of the odd things about these engines is that the boilers were still repaired at Derby, even after Derby had finished doing any other steam work, right up to the end of NIR steam.

[mattyboimatty]

so it might be a ivatt class 4 tank design

[MachaFilmStudios]

No.4 is the last class WT locomotive. Although it looks a bit like the English 'Standard four' it is a different engine altogether designed exclusively for the LMS NCC in Northern Ireland.

It was based on the previous class W Mogul; WT means 'class W, side tank version' - not 'Well Tank' as you might think.

The class was commonly called the 'Jeep' because it was supposedly as versatile as the famous American army four wheel drive vehicle.

[MachaFilmStudios]

And although it was built to have many parts standard with the class W, a lot of the design work is attributed to Ivatt.

Unlike a BR loco, the Jeeps have 6ft driving wheels. There are many other detail differences, but on the whole, and certainly from the crew's point of view, No.4 is similar to a Fairburn 2-6-4T.

[IrishBriton]

Nah I wouldn't say the WT is like the English standard 4, I'd say the WT Jeeps are more like the LMS Fairburn (Ironically belonging to the same railway company!)

[mattyboimatty]

what loco is that

[chocolatephone51]

The steam engine is a 2-6-4 tank locomotive.

[mattyboimatty]

is it a br standard class 4

[chocolatephone51]

Its a bit like a BR standard class 4 but the only thing is that it has no tender and its a coal bunker built in so its pretty much a tank engine.

[mattyboimatty]

tht what i meant br standard class 4 tank. do u know wot number it is

[chocolatephone51]

The tank engine number is 4 and sorry if i got u confused.

[mattyboimatty]

must be an irish built loco

[chocolatephone51]

Suprisingly it was actually built in Derby 1947 and was given to the UTA (Ulster Transpot Authority) and no.4 is the only survivor in Ireland and she was withdrawn from service 1970.

[ogauger]

cracking video! 5*