The Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway ''Leitrim'' Class was a class of five 0-6-4T locomotives built by Beyer, Peacock and Company between 1882 and 1889 for the SLNCR.

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In 1879 Beyer, Peacock and Company supplied the South Australian Railways K class, which was built to the Irish gauge and designed to run on lightweight track. As a result, and after the disappointment of the ''

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'' class, the SL&NCR ordered an enlarged version of this design which became the SLNCR Leitrim class. Beyer, Peacock delivered the first two of this class ''Fermanagh'' and ''Leitrim'', in 1882. They proved to be reliable and the SL&NCR obtained further examples from Beyer, Peacock: ''Lurganboy'' in 1895; ''Lissadell'' and ''Hazelwood'' in 1899. The SL&NCR started withdrawing the class from service in 1947 and one of the class survived until the closure of the line in 1957. "Lissadell" was sold in working order to Hammond Lane Foundry in 1954 and survived until broken up at Manorhamilton in 1957.Five Foot Three No.38 Winter 1991/92

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A 1:43 scale (O gauge, both 4′ 8″ and 5′ 3″) brass kit is available from Studio Scale Models.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Slncr Leitrim Class Steam locomotives of Northern Ireland 0-6-4T locomotives Steam locomotives of Ireland Beyer, Peacock locomotives Railway locomotives introduced in 1882 Scrapped locomotives 5 ft 3 in gauge locomotives

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