DWWR 52

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DW&WR 52–54
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
DesignerWilliam Wakefield
Builder Sharp Stewart
Serial number3909–3911
Build date1893
Total produced3
Rebuilder Grand Canal Street railway works & Inchicore railway works
Rebuild date1913–1926
Specifications
Configuration:
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 •  Whyte 4-4-2T
Gauge 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm)
Leading dia. 3 ft 1+1⁄2 in (952 mm)
Driver dia.5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm)
Trailing dia. 3 ft 9 in (1,140 mm)
Length36 ft 7 in (11,150 mm)
Axle load 15.75 long tons (16.00 t)
Loco weight55 long tons (56 t)
Water cap.1,400 imp gal (6,400 L; 1,700 US gal)
Boiler pressure160 lbf/in2 (1.10 MPa)
Cylinders 2
Cylinder size 18 in × 26 in (457 mm × 660 mm) [1]
Performance figures
Tractive effort 17,050  lbf (75.84  kN)
Career
Operators
Class C3 (Inchicore)
Power classN/MT
Number in class3
Numbers52(458), 53(460), 54(459)
LocaleIreland
Withdrawn1953-1960
DispositionAll scrapped
As built [2]

Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway (DW&WR) 52 to 54 were a class of three 4-4-2T locomotives designed by William Wakefield for Kingstown Pier to Kingsbridge (Dublin Heuston) boat trains. At one point they carried the names Duke of Connaught, Duke of Abercorn and Duke of Leinster respectively. [2]

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Service

Ahrons describes them as the larger than other types at the time of their introduction in 1893. [3] They seem to have been generally well balanced and successful engines, though it was noted that they had a reverse level and could become problematic and even unsafe when worn. Unlike the subsequent Dublin and South Eastern Railway's (DSER) [Note 1] 4-4-2Ts it had no apparent problems with trains on gradients. On the 1925 amalgamation to Great Southern Railways (GSR) in 1925 they became numbers 458, 460 and 459 of GSR Class 458/C3. In GSR rebuilt No. 460 with a lower pitched boiler and a forward cab extension, it being the only locomotive not re-boilered by the DSER. The last in service, No. 460, was withdrawn in 1960, the others having been withdrawn in the preceding decade. [2]

A 1948 report for C.I.É. had assessed the engines as "DSER heavy passenger engines — quite good even with certain inherent troubles". [2]

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ↑ The Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway was renamed the Dublin and South Eastern Railway in 1907.

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References

  1. ↑ Boocock, Colin (1 October 2009). "Locomotive Compendium Ireland" (1st ed.). Ian Allan. pp. 37, 41. ISBN   9780711033603.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Clements, Jeremy; McMahon, Michael (2008). Locomotives of the GSR. Colourpoint Books. pp. 146–150. ISBN   9781906578268.
  3. ↑ Ahrons, E. L. (1954). L. L. Asher (ed.). Locomotive and train working in the latter part of the nineteenth century. Vol. six. W Heffer & Sons Ltd. pp. 47–48, 48fp.
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