Belfast & County Down 0-6-0 Locomotives in Ireland

Class 10 (Locobase 20412)

Data from "Six-Coupled Goods Engine, Belfast and County Down Ry", The Locomotive Magazine, Vol XXI (15 February 1915), p. 26. Works number was 4594 in 1914.

With broad-gauge tracks extending from Belfast to Bangor and Donghaden in the east and Ardglass and Newcastle in the south, the B&CD had built a total of 68 miles (109 km) to two different coasts in Northern Ireland. The LM report said the 10's power was needed for the "many steep grades" on the line.

In spite of many vicissitudes, the 10 carried on until 1957.

Class 14 (Locobase 20756)

Data from magnificent dimensional diagram No 6584-8 prepared 22 September 1904, photographed by the Museum of Science and Industry and offered on the Getty Images website at [], last accessed 21 July 2020. Works number was 4594 in 1904.

Classic British styling in this stubby six-coupled goods locomotive. The capped stack, smooth dome, Belpaire firebox, windowless cab, and six-wheel tender reinforce the source's origins as does the all-inside motion. The 14 owned the distinction of having the most heating surface area of any BCDR engine.

After more than 40 years as a BCDR locomotive, the 14 joined the rest of the roster under the Ulster Transport Authority umbrella in 19498 and took new number 214.

214 was withdrawn in 1954.

Class 14 (Locobase 21163)

Data from Vulcan Foundry drawing found on "Vulcan Foundry Photographic Loco List", The Vulcan Foundry Newton-le-Willows website at [], last accessed 19 July 2024. Works number was 746 in 1875.

Locobase has found little additonal information beyond the data handwritten under Vulcan Foundry's works photograph. Compared to other Irish six-coupled goods of the time, thie 14 had a bigger grate area and eva porative heating surface area.

The 14 is said to have been retired in 1904.