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)[1]

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	R. Cronin
Builder	Beyer Peacock
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
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)[1]
Tractive effort
Performance figures
Tractive effort	15,700 lbf (69.84 kN)
Operators
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Withdrawn	1949
	[2]

Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway (DW&WR) 67 (Rathmore) was a 4-4-0 locomotive built in 1905 at Beyer, Peacock and Company. 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

Boocock, Colin (1 October 2009). "Locomotive Compendium Ireland" (1st ed.). Ian Allan. p. 41. ISBN 9780711033603.
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. p. 37. ISBN 0711002827.

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 67

Background

History

References

Further reading