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The Great Northern Railway (Ireland) T class were 4-4-2T
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locomotives built by
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in 1913. Five of this type were built. They were later rebuilt with
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s as class T1. As the T1 class, they featured 18 x 24 inch or 18½ x 24 inch cylinders with 5 foot 9 inch wheels, built to 5 feet 3 inches gauge.


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{{Ireland Steam Locomotives T Steam locomotives of Ireland Steam locomotives of Northern Ireland 5 ft 3 in gauge locomotives Beyer, Peacock locomotives 4-4-2T locomotives Railway locomotives introduced in 1913 Scrapped locomotives 2′B1′ n2t locomotives 2′B1′ h2t locomotives