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TCLR St. Molaga
The Timoleague and Courtmacsherry Light Railway, Ireland, opened in April 1891, was originally operated by two locomotives, both from the Leeds works of the Hunslet Engine Company. The first of these was an 0-6-0ST named ''Slaney'', built in 1885 it did not survive to the 1925 amalgamation, being scrapped five years previously. The second locomotive was Hunslet No.520, built in 1890, an 0-4-2T named ''St. Molaga'', which under the classification adopted by the Great Southern Railways The Great Southern Railways Company (often Great Southern Railways, or GSR) was an Irish company that from 1925 until 1945 owned and operated all railways that lay wholly within the Irish Free State (the present-day Republic of Ireland). The p ... on amalgamation in 1925 became the sole representative of Class L6. This locomotive, along with a third Hunslet, '' Argadeen'', passed to the GSR on amalgamation in 1925. It passed to Córas Iompair Éireann at the 1945 nationalisation and was with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hunslet Engine Company
The Hunslet Engine Company is a locomotive-building company, founded in 1864 in Hunslet, England. It manufactured steam locomotives for over 100 years and currently manufactures diesel shunting locomotives. The company is part of Ed Murray & Sons. History The early years 1864–1901 The company was founded in 1864 at Jack Lane in Hunslet by John Towlerton Leather, a civil engineering contractor, who appointed James Campbell (son of Alexander Campbell, a Leeds engineer) as his works manager. The first engine was completed in 1865. It was ''Linden'', a standard gauge delivered to Brassey and Ballard, a railway civil engineering contractor as were several of the firm's early customers. Other customers included collieries. This basic standard gauge shunting and short haul "industrial" engine was to be the main-stay of Hunslet production for many years. In 1871, James Campbell bought the company for £25,000 (payable in five instalments over two years) and the firm remained ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
0-4-2T
T, or t, is the twentieth letter in the modern English alphabet and the ISO basic Latin alphabet. Its name in English is ''tee'' (pronounced ), plural ''tees''. It is derived from the Semitic letters taw (ת, ܬ, ت) via the Greek letter τ (tau). In English, it is most commonly used to represent the voiceless alveolar plosive, a sound it also denotes in the International Phonetic Alphabet. It is the most commonly used consonant and the second most common letter in English-language texts. History '' Taw'' was the last letter of the Western Semitic and Hebrew alphabets. The sound value of Semitic ''Taw'', Greek alphabet Tαυ (''Tau''), Old Italic and Latin T has remained fairly constant, representing in each of these; and it has also kept its original basic shape in most of these alphabets. Use in writing systems English In English, usually denotes the voiceless alveolar plosive (International Phonetic Alphabet and X-SAMPA: ), as in ''tart'', ''tee'', or ''ties'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timoleague And Courtmacsherry Light Railway
The Timoleague and Courtmacsherry Railway was a long light railway connecting Timoleague station and Courtmacsherry station. It was the last roadside railway operating in Ireland. History The railway was incorporated in October 1888 and opened on 21 April 1891. It was originally considered to be built as a narrow gauge track but then executed as a standard gauge light railway, partly running along a road. There were two companies, the ''Timoleague & Courtmacsherry Light Railway'' and the ''Ballinascarthy & Timoleague Junction Light Railway'' which were both worked by the ''Timoleague & Courtmacsherry Extension Light Railway''. It became a constituent of ''Great Southern Railways'' in 1925. or according to other sources on 23 February 1891 It was originally operated by two locomotives, both from the Leeds works of the Hunslet Engine Company, named '' Slaney'' and '' St. Molaga''. These two were joined in 1894 by a third locomotive, again from Hunslet, with the name '' Argade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Southern Railways
The Great Southern Railways Company (often Great Southern Railways, or GSR) was an Irish company that from 1925 until 1945 owned and operated all railways that lay wholly within the Irish Free State (the present-day Republic of Ireland). The period was difficult with rising operating costs and static to failing income. The early part of the period was soon after infrastructure losses of the Irish Civil War. The Emergency or Second World War at the end of the period saw shortages of coal and raw materials with increased freight traffic and restricted passenger traffic. History Context Civil unrest in Ireland had led to the assumption of governmental control of all railways operating in Island of Ireland on 22 December 1916 through the Irish Railways Executive Committee, later succeeded by the Ministry of Transport. Control was returned to the management of the companies on 15 August 1921. The Anglo-Irish Treaty of December 1921 establishing the Irish Free State and subsequ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coras Iompair Eireann
Coras may refer to: People * Jean de Coras (1515–1572), French jurist * Jacques de Coras (1630–1677), French poet * Marcel Coraş (born 1959), Romanian footballer Biology * ''Coras'' (spider), a genus of spiders Other * The Cora people, a native people of Mexico; see also: ** Cora language ** Misión Santiago de Los Coras * Coras F.C., a Mexican association football club based in Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico * Coras F.C. B, the official reserve team of Coras F.C. * Córas na Poblachta Córas na Poblachta (; en, Republican System) was a minor Irish republican political party founded in 1940. Origins The idea for a new party was discussed at a meeting in Dublin on 21 February 1940 attended by 104 former officers of the pro ..., a minor Irish political party founded in 1940 * Córas Iompair Éireann, a public transport authority in Ireland {{disambiguation, surname Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TCLR Slaney
The ''Trinity College Law Review'' (TCLR) is a student-run law review affiliated with Trinity College Dublin School of Law. It is the oldest Irish student edited law journal, published annually every March since 1998. It is available on two online legal databases: HeinOnline and Westlaw. The review publishes selected submissions in English, French, or German dealing with any area of law. Previous contributors have included Mary McAleese, Susan Denham, Pat Cox and Gerard Hogan. Events A "Distinguished Speaker Series" was established in 2006. The 2009 discussion was on "The Law's Response to Gangland Crime in Ireland". Panellists have included James Hamilton (Director of Public Prosecutions), Carol Coulter (Irish Times), Ivana Bacik (barrister and politician), and criminal law solicitors Michael Finucane and Petter Mullan. Other topics of discussion have included "Is the Seanad Worth Saving?" (2011), "The Fusion of the Legal Professions" (2012) and "The Future of the Irish Corporat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TCLR Argadeen
The Timoleague and Courtmacsherry Light Railway, opened in April 1891, was originally operated by two locomotives, both from the Leeds works of the Hunslet Engine Company, named ''Slaney'' and '' St. Molaga''. These two were joined by a third locomotive, again from Hunslet in 1894. This third locomotive carried the name ''Argadeen'' and under the classification adopted by the Great Southern Railways on amalgamation in 1925 became the sole representative of Class K5. History When delivered in 1894, the locomotive, works number 611, was typical of a type used on unfenced lines, particularly in an area where livestock is reared and the horse and cart or even the packhorse the main mode of local goods transportation. The locomotive, built with a round-topped firebox and dome was also fitted with a bell, mounted on the boiler between the chimney and the dome. To aid its progress around the tight track work on the line it had a rigid wheelbase of just band the centre driving wheel was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
5 Ft 3 In Gauge Locomotives
5 (five) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number, and cardinal number, following 4 and preceding 6, and is a prime number. It has attained significance throughout history in part because typical humans have five digits on each hand. In mathematics 5 is the third smallest prime number, and the second super-prime. It is the first safe prime, the first good prime, the first balanced prime, and the first of three known Wilson primes. Five is the second Fermat prime and the third Mersenne prime exponent, as well as the third Catalan number, and the third Sophie Germain prime. Notably, 5 is equal to the sum of the ''only'' consecutive primes, 2 + 3, and is the only number that is part of more than one pair of twin primes, ( 3, 5) and (5, 7). It is also a sexy prime with the fifth prime number and first prime repunit, 11. Five is the third factorial prime, an alternating factorial, and an Eisenstein prime with no imaginary part and real part of the form 3p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hunslet Locomotives
Hunslet () is an inner-city area in south Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is southeast of the city centre and has an industrial past. It is situated in the Hunslet and Riverside ward of Leeds City Council and Leeds Central parliamentary constituency. The population of the previous City and Hunslet council ward at the 2011 census was 33,705. Many engineering companies were based in Hunslet, including John Fowler & Co. manufacturers of traction engines and steam rollers, the Hunslet Engine Company builders of locomotives (including those used during the construction of the Channel Tunnel), Kitson & Co., Manning Wardle and Hudswell Clarke. Many railway locomotives were built in the Jack Lane area of Hunslet. The area has a mixture of modern and 19th century industrial buildings, terraced housing and 20th century housing. It is an area that has grown up significantly around the River Aire in the early years of the 21st century, especially with the construction of modern r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
