Displaying Irish engine builders

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Builder Products Notes
BCDR Belfast Queens Quay Rail

Belfast & County Down railway works 
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BNCR Belfast York Road Rail

Belfast and Northern counties, later Midland (NCC), LMS (NCC) 
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BnM Bord na Mona Rail

This is the Irish turf board who rebuilt a few locos in the works and also built a few locos. 
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CBSCR Cork Rail

Cork Bandon and Southern Coast 
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DKR Dublin, Grand Canal Road Rail

Dublin and Kingstown later Dublin and South Eastern 
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DunEW Dundalk Engineering Works Rail

Manufactured a few diesel locos from components 
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GNR Dundalk Rail

Great Northern 
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Gren Grendon Rail

T Grendon located in Drogheda 
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GSWR Inchicore Rail

Great Southern and Western, later GSR, CIE 
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Harland Harland & Wolff Rail

This famous ship builder made a small number of diesel locomotives. 
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INWR Dundalk, Barrack St Rail

Irish North Western later GNR 
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MGWR Broadstone Rail

Midland Great Western 
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Spence W Spence Rail

Only made locomotives for Guinness along with some convertor wagons 
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UR Belfast Rail

Ulster later GNR 
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WLR Limerick Rail

Waterford and Limerick 
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