DWWR 67

DW&WR 67
Type and origin Power type Steam Designer R. Cronin Builder Beyer, Peacock & Company Serial number 4645/6 Build date 1905 Total produced 2
Specifications Configuration: ​  •  Whyte 4-4-0 Gauge 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) Driver dia. 6 ft 1 in (1,850 mm) Length 33 ft (10,000 mm) (est.) Axle load 15 long tons (15 t) Loco weight 43.3 long tons (44.0 t) Water cap. 2,600 imp gal (12,000 L; 3,100 US gal) Boiler pressure 160 lbf/in2 (1.10 MPa) Cylinders 2 Cylinder size 18 in × 26 in (457 mm × 660 mm) [1]
Performance figures Tractive effort 15,700  lbf (69.84  kN)
Career Operators DW&WR DSER GSR CIÉ [1] Class D8 (Inchicore) Power class N/M Number in class 2 Numbers 67 (GSR 454), 68 Locale Ireland Withdrawn 1923, 1949 Disposition Both scrapped
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DW&WR 67 ( Rathmore ) was a 4-4-0 locomotive built in 1905 at Beyer, Peacock & Company for the Dublin, Wicklow & Wexford Railway. It was accompanied by engine 68 ( Rathcoole ) from the same maker. ^[2] They became the DW&WR's flagship passenger locomotives.

Background

The locomotives were acquired in 1905 about the time DW&WR network expansion to Waterford was complete. They joined the DW&WR's other four 4-4-0s which had been in service for 10 years.

History

The build quality of No. 67 was found to be wanting. It required a new front tube plate after only four years and it transpired the DW&WR had required Beyer-Peacock to cut costs. No. 68 was regarded as somewhat the better engine. ^[2] No. 68 was targeted hijacked and severely damaged in a head-on collision on 23 January 1923 at Palace East during the Civil War. Everyone had been disembarked from the affected trains first and there were no injuries. ^[3]

On amalgamation to Great Southern Railways in 1925 the remaining engine was renumbered and made the only member of Class 454/D8. A 1948 C.I.E. report described it as "A nondescript engine and the only engine of its class, consequently difficult to place: otherwise it is a fair medium powered passenger engine". It was withdrawn the following year. ^[2]

References

1. Boocock, Colin (1 October 2009). "Locomotive Compendium Ireland" (1st ed.). Ian Allan Publishing. p. 41. ISBN   9780711033603.
2. Clements, Jeremy; McMahon, Michael (2008). Locomotives of the GSR. Colourpoint Books. pp. 129–132, 146. ISBN   9781906578268.
3. Baker, Michael H. C. (1972). Irish Railways since 1916. Ian Allan Publishing. p. 37. ISBN   0711002827.

Further reading

• Staff (14 April 1906). "New locomotives, Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway". Locomotive Magazine . p. 55.