LM17 at Attymon Peat Works, Co.Galway.
The Attymon Peat Co-operative leased both former BnM bogs near the town of Attymon for the production of peat turfs for the local domestic fuel market. Known as Clonkeenmore North and South bogs by BnM the APC tended to refer to them as Clonkeen bog (north) and Attymon bog (south). The Attymon bog had the main workshop and tip head and seeing as both sites were never connected by rail locos from Clonkeen would be brought by road to Attymon for any major servicing or repairs.
One of the oldest former BnM locomotives operated by APC is seen here in the drying shed yard Attymon tip head. This 4wDM was a Ruston type 48DL and was numbered LM17 (RH 242901/1946). It dated from the inception of Bord na Móna in 1946 being one of their first locomotives purchased, lower numbered locomotives tended to be those obtained from the Turf Development Board which BnM replaced in 1946. Up until 1954 numbering was on an ad-hoc local basis before the unified numbering scheme was adopted placing locos in numerical order by age with an LM prefix and with diesels starting at LM11.
LM17 at Attymon Peat Works, Co.Galway.
The Attymon Peat Co-operative leased both former BnM bogs near the town of Attymon for the production of peat turfs for the local domestic fuel market. Known as Clonkeenmore North and South bogs by BnM the APC tended to refer to them as Clonkeen bog (north) and Attymon bog (south). The Attymon bog had the main workshop and tip head and seeing as both sites were never connected by rail locos from Clonkeen would be brought by road to Attymon for any major servicing or repairs.
One of the oldest former BnM locomotives operated by APC is seen here in the drying shed yard Attymon tip head. This 4wDM was a Ruston type 48DL and was numbered LM17 (RH 242901/1946). It dated from the inception of Bord na Móna in 1946 being one of their first locomotives purchased, lower numbered locomotives tended to be those obtained from the Turf Development Board which BnM replaced in 1946. Up until 1954 numbering was on an ad-hoc local basis before the unified numbering scheme was adopted placing locos in numerical order by age with an LM prefix and with diesels starting at LM11.