GS&WR Sambo

GS&WR Class L2

GSR Class L2, seen in Kingsbridge, Dublin City, Co. Dublin, in 1959.
Type and origin
Power type Steam
Designer Maunsell
Specifications
Configuration 0-4-2
Gauge 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm)
Career
Operators GS&WRGSR
Nicknames Sambo
Delivered 1912
Scrapped 1962

The GS&WR Class L2[1] Sambo was an 0-4-2 saddle tank engine used by the GSR of Ireland. The original "Sambo" model was a rebuild of an old Wakefield locomotive but in 1912; Maunsell designed the saddle. The model was sent for scrap in 1962.[2]

Notes

  1. "GSR Class L2". National Library of Ireland on Flickr. September 6, 2011. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
  2. "Spare Link" (Winter 1995–96). "The Last Days Of Steam At Inchicore" (PDF). FIVE FOOT THREE. Railway Preservation Society of Ireland. 42. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
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