Two locomotives are preserved, No.
1 of Thurles, and No.
3 of Mallow, both at the Downpatrick and County Down Railway.
After being displaced by Ruston Hornsby diesels, Nos.
1 and 3, as well as Thurles No.
2, were purchased for preservation in England and moved to Dalkey, Dublin in 1974.
They remained there until 1977, when CIÉ required the siding they occupied.
CIÉ offered a disused bus garage at the former MGWR Broadstone station to the locomotives as a replacement home, but this necessitated transport by lorry through Dublin.
To cover the costs of this, No.
2 was sold to a scrap merchant, where she languished for several years as her new owners, reluctant to cut her up, tried to find a buyer.
Despite their best efforts, no buyer was found and she was scrapped in 1978.
That same year, Nos.
1 & 3 were moved by road from Broadstone to the former site of Ballynahinch Junction railway station, and it was here that their owner finally realised that the gauge in Ireland was substantially wider than that of Great Britain, thus rendering the locomotives useless to him.

They remained in the open at Ballynahinch Junction until 1987 when they were bought by and transported to the Downpatrick and County Down Railway.
No.
3 was sent to Whitehead for overhaul in 1997, and upon return to Downpatrick, gave 12 years of service between 2000 and 2012.
No.
1 was similarly sent to Whitehead in 2007, returning in 2012 and taking over from No.
3.
She is still in service, operating all DCDR passenger trains, with the exception of the occasional diesel special.
No.
3's boiler was sent to Whitehead for overhaul in January 2016, with a view to having both O&K's in steam for the DCDR's 30th Anniversary in 2017.
No.
3's boiler was returned in early 2017, and on Thursday 24 August the locomotive was reassembled (That is, tanks, cab and funnel reattached) so that testing could start.
No.
3 was steamed in her frames for the first time post-overhaul on 19 May 2018, and passed her final boiler inspection on 12 November 2018, releasing her into traffic.
Following a final general running test on 24 November 2018, No.
3 was fit for passenger traffic, hauling her first revenue-earning train since overhaul on the night of 22 December 2018.
Two locomotives are preserved, No. 1 of Thurles, and No. 3 of Mallow, both at the Downpatrick and County Down Railway. After being displaced by Ruston Hornsby diesels, Nos. 1 and 3, as well as Thurles No. 2, were purchased for preservation in England and moved to Dalkey, Dublin in 1974. They remained there until 1977, when CIÉ required the siding they occupied. CIÉ offered a disused bus garage at the former MGWR Broadstone station to the locomotives as a replacement home, but this necessitated transport by lorry through Dublin. To cover the costs of this, No. 2 was sold to a scrap merchant, where she languished for several years as her new owners, reluctant to cut her up, tried to find a buyer. Despite their best efforts, no buyer was found and she was scrapped in 1978. That same year, Nos. 1 & 3 were moved by road from Broadstone to the former site of Ballynahinch Junction railway station, and it was here that their owner finally realised that the gauge in Ireland was substantially wider than that of Great Britain, thus rendering the locomotives useless to him.
They remained in the open at Ballynahinch Junction until 1987 when they were bought by and transported to the Downpatrick and County Down Railway. No. 3 was sent to Whitehead for overhaul in 1997, and upon return to Downpatrick, gave 12 years of service between 2000 and 2012. No. 1 was similarly sent to Whitehead in 2007, returning in 2012 and taking over from No. 3. She is still in service, operating all DCDR passenger trains, with the exception of the occasional diesel special. No. 3's boiler was sent to Whitehead for overhaul in January 2016, with a view to having both O&K's in steam for the DCDR's 30th Anniversary in 2017. No. 3's boiler was returned in early 2017, and on Thursday 24 August the locomotive was reassembled (That is, tanks, cab and funnel reattached) so that testing could start. No. 3 was steamed in her frames for the first time post-overhaul on 19 May 2018, and passed her final boiler inspection on 12 November 2018, releasing her into traffic. Following a final general running test on 24 November 2018, No. 3 was fit for passenger traffic, hauling her first revenue-earning train since overhaul on the night of 22 December 2018.
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