Locomotives of the Midland Great Western Railway

Locomotives of the Midland Great Western Railway\n\nBy Jeremy Clements and Michael McMahon\n\n284 pages /\n4 colour illustrations / 195 black and white photographs/ 81 line drawings/ 34 diagrams/ 5 maps/ hardback cover / ISBN 9781527270282 / 286 mm x 214 mm x 27 mm dimensions \n\nThe Midland Great Western Railway was the third largest operator by route mileage in Ireland at the 1924/5 Amalgamation that created the Great Southern Railways. Deriving from dissatisfaction with the Great Southern & Western Railway\u2019s prioritisation of its Dublin-Cork connection over plans to serve settlements in the midlands and the west, a breakaway group formed a separate venture to fulfil these intentions.\nUnlike other major railway projects, this entirely local initiative lacked financial or commercial support from British operators. At its creation in 1845, the new company was poorly capitalised, faced unusual engineering challenges in crossing extensive tracts of bog-lan.