Editing GNRI Class V (section)

==Preservation==
[[File:Merlin At Dundalk.JPG|thumb|[[Merlin]] At Dundalk]]
''Merlin'' spent its final years as a spare in Dundalk works, occasionally hauling a Dublin train. The [[Ulster Folk and Transport Museum]] rescued her from the scrapyard in 1965, acquiring its (minus tender) for £600. It was stored variously at Inchicore, Amiens Street, Dundalk, Adelaide locomotive shed in Belfast and Lisburn before finally moving to the museum's gallery at Witham Street, Belfast, in 1969. Displayed here until 1976, it was moved to Harland and Wolff for a comprehensive overhaul organised by the Museum, the [[Railway Preservation Society of Ireland]] (RPSI) and [[Charles Mulholland, 4th Baron Dunleath|Lord Dunleath]]. On completion in 1982 it was moved to the RPSI's [[Whitehead, Northern Ireland#Railways|Whitehead]] headquarters.

''Merlin'' was officially returned to traffic on 30 June 1986 heading an official Belfast – Dublin ''Enterprise'' that September. Itrepeated the trip on the 40th anniversary of the ''Enterprise'' the following August, hauling the same length train as in 1947 (seven bogie coaches) and matching the timings of the original run.

Having received a further overhaul in the 1990s, ''Merlin'' continued to be leased by the RPSI and used on the main line until its boiler certificate expired in 2004. The locomotive has been overhauled since 2009 and returned to service early in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.steamtrainsireland.com/locomotives/loco85.htm |title=Great Northern Railway (Ireland) "V" Class 4-4-0 No. 85 "Merlin" |work=RPSI Locomotives |publisher=[[Railway Preservation Society of Ireland]] |access-date=4 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150209140946/http://www.steamtrainsireland.com/locomotives/loco85.htm |archive-date=9 February 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

{|class="wikitable sortable" style=text-align:center
|+Roster
!No.!!Name!!1958 owner!!1958 No.!!Withdrawn!!Notes
|-
| 83 || ''Eagle''     || UTA || 83X || 1960 ||
|-
| 84 || ''Falcon''    || CIÉ ||  —  || 1959 ||
|-
| 85 || ''Merlin''    || CIÉ || 85N || 1963 || Preserved
|-
| 86 || ''Peregrine'' || UTA || 86X || 1961 ||
|-
| 87 || ''Kestrel''   || UTA || 87X || 1960 ||
|}