to run again on its home metals. Livery Tralee and Dingle locomotive livery was a dark green lined out red between two cream lines. Buffer beams were red. Following the 1925 amalgamation the livery followed that of the GSR in that locomotives were painted plain grey with red buffer beams. It carried this livery, in common with other TDLR locos, on into CIÉ days, retaining it (though in filthy condition!) to the end. Preservation Locomotive No.5 was withdrawn from service in 1959 and bought by American millionaire F. Nelson Blount and was sent to the Steamtown Museum in Bellows Falls, Vermont, where it was cosmetically restored to TDLR condition and placed on static display. In 1988, like the prodigal son (or as locomotives are considered female, daughter), No. 5 returned to Tralee where, after 5 years, it was restored to working order for duties on the 1½ miles reopened section of the TDLR between Tralee and Blennerville. The locomotive is out of service after failing a boiler certificate and the whole project has ground to a halt as a result. A decision on her future depends on funding. She now lies dismantled in her home shed. References External links Tralee & Dingle Light Railway news 2-6-2T locomotives Steam locomotives of Ireland Hunslet narrow gauge locomotives Railway locomotives introduced in 1892 Individual locomotives of Ireland 3 ft gauge locomotives