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Irish Narrow Gauge - Nasmyth, Wilson No.829 2-6-4T

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Nasmyth, Wilson No.829 2-6-4T

• 1907: built Nasmyth, Wilson
• specs:
  • CDR Class 5
  • weight: 43½Tons
  • cylinders: 14"x21"
  • driving wheels: 48"
  • working pressure: 175psi
  • tractive effort: 12,755 lbs
• 1907: CDR 17"Glenties"/"Drumboe"
• 1929: superheater added
• 1937: CDR renumbered 5, renamed "Drumboe"
• 1960: preserved: Donegal Railway Heritage Centre
• photos: [IRIC2: c-5-p115-1959.05 ]
  [CDRFL: b-6-p11-1937.06.23 b-6-p36-?1920 b-6-p11-1957.08.13 ]
  [INGV2 b-6-p102-1950.06.29 b-5-p100-1948.04.20 b-5-p99- ]
  [LYWDR c-5-p59-1959 c-5-p23-1958.10 c-5-p26-1959.05 ]
• modelling:
  • 3mm scale body kit from Worsley Works
  • 4mm scale kit from Backwoods Miniatures
  • 15mm scale body kit from Worsley Works

1958.09.09 Drumboe departing Strabane with Stranorlar Goods	photo: Mike Bunch

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