DWWR 67

Specifications
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)

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	R. Cronin
Builder	Beyer, Peacock & Company
Serial number	4645/6
Build date	1905
Total produced	2

DW&WR 67
DW&WR 67
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	R. Cronin
Builder	Beyer, Peacock & Company
Serial number	4645/6
Build date	1905
Total produced	2
Configuration:;
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)
Tractive effort
Performance figures
Tractive effort	15,700 lbf (69.84 kN)
Operators
Career
Operators	DW&WR; DSER; GSR; CIÉ;
Class	D8 (Inchicore)
Power class	N/M
Number in class	2
Numbers	67 (GSR 454), 68
Locale	Ireland
Withdrawn	1923, 1949
Disposition	Both scrapped

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

DWWR 67

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