page_title: Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway locomotives
section_title: River Irt
hierarchical_section_title: Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway locomotives / Steam locomotives / No. 3 Muriel, then River Irt / River Irt
caption_attribution_description: English: River Irt hauls the 1130 Dalegarth for Boot - Ravenglass into Miteside Loop, October 24 2007.
context_section_description: Muriel received a major overhaul and rebuilt at Murthwaite in 1927, becoming a 0-8-2 tender locomotive named River Irt. It has remained in traffic on passenger duties ever since and is now the oldest working 15 in (381 mm) gauge locomotive in the world. In 1972 it was rebuilt to a narrow gauge outline with a raised cab, and was then re-boilered in 1977, giving the locomotive its current appearance.
  It has visited the National Railway Museum in York and was part of the Ratty fleet at the Liverpool and Gateshead Garden Festival Railways in 1984 and 1990. The livery of the locomotive is currently mid-green with yellow and black lining.
  River Irt briefly appears in animated form in the 1980’s animated film ‘The Plague Dogs’, where the engine is seen pulling the train the two main characters use to escape from a group of soldiers hunting them.
caption: River Irt
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