Schull and Skibbereen Railway 4 ''Erin'' was a locomotive manufactured by

Nasmyth, Wilson and Company Nasmyth, Gaskell and Company, originally called The Bridgewater Foundry, specialised in the production of heavy machine tools and locomotives. It was located in Patricroft, in Salford England, close to the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, th ...

of Patricroft near

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in 1888. It was the

Schull and Skibbereen Railway The Schull and Skibbereen Railway (also known as the Schull and Skibbereen Tramway and Light Railway) was a minor narrow gauge railway in County Cork, Ireland. It opened in 1886 and closed in 1947. The track gauge was a narrow gauge. The fo ...

's fourth locomotive. In 1925, the railway was absorbed into 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 ...

and renumbered 4, and placed in Class 4 or Class DN5 as the sole member. Following the GSR classification by wheel arrangement, "D" meaning a locomotive with a arrangement, "N" meaning Narrow Gauge. The wheel arrangement is unusual for tank locomotives but more common on narrow gauge than standard. The locomotive was withdrawn and

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ped in 1954.

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