Black & Hawthorn Engines

Black & Hawthorn Engines

Black, Hawthorn & Co. Made 3 Locomotives in 1887 for the Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway which opened on 8 October 1876 to convey iron ore and later modified to carry passenger traffic: closed to all traffic in 1937. Three 0-4-2ST locomotives: Black Hawthorn: WN 301-3 of 1874. Running numbers 1-3. No. 3 as BNCR No. 103 withdrawn in 1911: other two, by then 101A and 102A, withdrawn in 1922, following their use on the Agrigna Vallery extension of the Cavan& Leitrim Railway where they proved very popular

101A Black, Hawthorn & Co. 0-4-2 tank. In service 1920-21

Scrapped 1922

102A Black, Hawthorn & Co. 0-4-2 tank. In service 1920-21 Scrapped 1922

Scrapped 1922

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