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186, which was built in 1879 and worked as a goods engine, but also on
passenger trains. Her last operation was hauling beet in 1962/63. Up
until a few years ago, she was the oldest engine still operating on the
mainline, but is now out of service, probably permanently, and on
display at Whitehead Museum, This was from an excursion to Maynooth in
2012. How much of the original locomotive remains I don't know, and it's
probably a bit like the proverbial Ship of Theseus or Trigger's Broom
(Which had "17 new heads and 14 new handles"). The firebox and boiler
tubes have been replaced on several occasions I think at the RPSI's
Whitehead works near Carrickfergus. The driver for this trip was Ken
Fox. Not sure who the other man is.
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