DWWR 2

Specifications
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	2-4-0T
Gauge	5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm)
Leading dia.	3 ft 8 in (1,120 mm)
Driver dia.	5 ft 6 in (1,680 mm)
Length	29 ft 8 in (9,040 mm)
Axle load	14.5 long tons (14.7 t)
Loco weight	40 long tons (41 t)
Water cap.	800 imp gal (3,600 L; 960 US gal)
Boiler pressure	150 lbf/in2 (1.03 MPa)
Cylinders	2
Cylinder size	17 in × 24 in (432 mm × 610 mm)

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	R. Cronin
Builder	Grand Canal Street
Build date	1885–1896

DW&WR 2
DW&WR 2
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	R. Cronin
Builder	Grand Canal Street
Build date	1885–1896
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	2-4-0T
Gauge	5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm)
Leading dia.	3 ft 8 in (1,120 mm)
Driver dia.	5 ft 6 in (1,680 mm)
Length	29 ft 8 in (9,040 mm)
Axle load	14.5 long tons (14.7 t)
Loco weight	40 long tons (41 t)
Water cap.	800 imp gal (3,600 L; 960 US gal)
Boiler pressure	150 lbf/in2 (1.03 MPa)
Cylinders	2
Cylinder size	17 in × 24 in (432 mm × 610 mm)
Tractive effort
Performance figures
Tractive effort	12,700 lbf (56.49 kN)
Operators
Career
Operators	DW&WR; DSER; GSR; CIÉ;
Class	G1 (Inchicore)
Power class	O/N T
Number in class	11
Numbers	1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 10, 28, 45–47, 49; 423-425 (GSR/CIÉ);
Locale	Ireland
Withdrawn	1925-1955
Disposition	All scrapped
	As re-built 1912

The Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway (DW&WR) 2, built in 1885, was the predecessor to a total of eleven 2-4-0 T locomotives to emerge from Grand Canal Street railway works between 1885 and 1896.^[2]

Nos. 1, 6, 7 and 10, built between 1892 and 1896, had detail differences between them,^[2] Ahrons describes them as having a more modern appearance.^[3]^: 48

Locomotive No. 10 (St. Seneanus) was rebuilt as 2-4-2T in 1903. Nos. 28 (St. Lawrence), 45 (St. Kieran), and 46 (Princess Mary) were also rebuilt later in 1909/10.^[2]

On review following amalgamation into Great Southern Railways (GSR) in 1925, Nos. 1, 2 and 6 were promptly withdrawn despite No. 2 having received a new boiler in 1914. The remaining four engines Nos. 7, 9, 47 and 49 were designated GSR class 423/G1 and allocated the numbers 426, 424, 425 and 423 respectively. Unlike the other survivors, No. 426 had not been re-boilered in 1914–1916 and it was withdrawn in 1926.^[2]

References

^ Boocock, Colin (1 October 2009). "Locomotive Compendium Ireland" (1st ed.). Ian Allan. pp. 37, 40. ISBN 9780711033603.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Clements, Jeremy; McMahon, Michael (2008). Locomotives of the GSR. Colourpoint Books. pp. 131–135. ISBN 9781906578268.
^ 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.

[CB-DSER-2-1] Boocock, Colin (1 October 2009). "Locomotive Compendium Ireland" (1st ed.). Ian Allan. pp. 37, 40. ISBN 9780711033603.

[JCMM-DSER-2-2] Clements, Jeremy; McMahon, Michael (2008). Locomotives of the GSR. Colourpoint Books. pp. 131–135. ISBN 9781906578268.

[AV6-3] 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.

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v t e Steam locomotives of Ireland
Belfast and County Down Railway (1846–1948)	1 4 5 6 8 9 14 22 26 29
Belfast and Northern Counties Railway (1860–1903)	A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S
Northern Counties Committee (1903–1949)	A1 B1 B2 B3 D1 E1 F1 K1 L1 S1 S2 U U1 U2 V W WT Y
Great Northern Railway (1876–1958)	A AL B BP BT C D E G H J JT NQG NLQG P PG PP Q QG QGTs QGT2 QL QLG QNG RT S & S2 SG & SG2 SG3 T T2 U V UG VS 203 204
Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway (1875–1957)	Erne Faugh-a-Ballagh Glencar Leitrim Lough Pioneer Sir Henry Waterford
Cork, Bandon and South Coast Railway (1849–1924)	1, 2 1, 2, 4A, 8 2 (II) 3, 4 3, 9, 10, 18 5, 6 7 (I) 7 (II) 9, 10 11 5, 6, 12, 16, 17 14, 15 19, 20 4, 8, 11, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20 Argadeen St Molaga Slaney
Dublin and Kingstown Railway (1834–1856)	Vauxhall Hibernia Star Victoria Princess Burgoyne
Dublin and South Eastern Railway (1854–1925)	1, 2, 6–7, 9–10, 28, 44–47, 49 3, 8, 10–12, 27–30, 40, 45–46 4–5 13–14, 18, 65–66 15–16 15–23, 37–39, 48 17, 36 20, 34–35 24–26, 32–33 42–44 50–51 52–54 55–58 59–64 67–68 69–70
Great Southern and Western Railway (1845–1924)	1 2 21 23 27 33 37 41 43 44 45 28 & 47 52 56 60 62 64 90 91 92 99 100 101 102 104 110 & 112 116 117 119 122 124 133 139 144 201 203 204 207 & 217 211 213 249 & 351 257 301 305 309 321 333 341 355 362 368 400 500 900 Fairy Jumbo Sambo Sprite
Midland Great Western Railway (1847–1924)	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7–12 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 A B C D D-bogie D2 E F H K L P W
Great Southern Railways (1925–1944)	280 342 372 393 495 670 700 710 800 850
Córas Iompair Éireann (1945–1962)	Turf Burner No. CC1
Tralee and Dingle Light Railway (1891–1953)	1, 2, 3, 6, 8 4 5 7, 8 (4T)
Industrial engines	CSÉT Shunting Locomotives R. H. Smyth

DWWR 2

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