Photograph, Colour Slide: View of Black steam engine No. 4 (feat. Flying Snail logo) (Class D17 - 4 - GS&WR Class 52 4-4-0) no coal tender, forward coupled to Park Royal type Carriage (no.1916) in C.I.E Green livery, Engineer working at front of engine.
(Location possibly on the Ennis – Limerick Railway line)
Class D17 - 4 - GS&WR Class 52 4-4-0, built 1888 by Inchicore Works - 1925 to GSR, 1933 rebuilt with Belpaire boiler, 1945 to CIE - withdrawn 1957.
In 1955 CIE Inchicore Works commenced the construction of 50 coaches from parts supplied by the Park Royal Works in London. These coaches were produced in Main Line or Suburban variants, and made full use of the Irish loading gauge, being 61 feet 6 inches long and 10 feet 2 inches wide, reducing by 8 inches at their ends.
(ref: Wikipedia.org)