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Irish Narrow Gauge - Locomotives - Wilkinson

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Wilkinson

• works: Holmeshouse Foundry, Wigan
• prop: William Wilkinson
• 1881: first loco built
• 1896: last loco built
• article by D. Kinnear Clark

Wilkinson: No.a 0-4-0Tram

• specs:
  • weight: 7Tons
  • cylinders: 7½"x12", acting on crankshaft geared approx 2:1 to one axle.
  • driving wheels: 24"
  • wheelbase: 5' 10½"
  • boiler:
    • vertical, height 5', diameter: 3' 8"
    • working pressure: 120psi
• 1883: GCT 1
• 1908: Converted to ballast wagon

Wilkinson: No.b 0-4-0Tram

• specs:
  • weight: 7Tons
  • cylinders: 7½"x12", acting on crankshaft geared approx 2:1 to one axle.
  • driving wheels: 24"
  • wheelbase: 5' 10½"
  • boiler:
    • vertical, height 5', diameter: 3' 8"
    • working pressure: 120psi
• 1883: GCT 2
• 1898: scrapped

Wilkinson: No.c 0-4-0Tram

• specs:
  • cylinders: 8"x12", acting on crankshaft geared approx 2:1 to one axle.
  • driving wheels: ?
  • wheelbase: ?
  • boiler:
    • vertical, height 6', diameter: 3' 8"
    • working pressure: 160psi
• 1886: GCT 3 "Dunluce Castle"
• 1915: to standby
• 1930/1931: sold to Faris (contractor for building breakwater at mouth of River Bann near Portrush)
• photos: [INGV2 b-7-p45- ]
  [ITJKY b-7-p61-1913 ]

Wilkinson: No.d 0-4-0Tram

• specs:
  • cylinders: 8"x12", acting on crankshaft geared approx 2:1 to one axle.
  • driving wheels: ?
  • wheelbase: ?
  • boiler:
    • vertical, height 6', diameter: 3' 8"
    • working pressure: 160psi
• 1896: GCT 4 "Brian Boroimhe"
• 1915: to standby 1915
• 1930/1931: sold Faris (contractor for building breakwater at mouth of River Bann near Portrush)
• after roof and upper cladding removed: [INGV2 b-6-p46- ]