DWWR 2

Irish rail locomotive

ClassG1 (Inchicore)Power classO/N TNumber in class11Numbers
  • 1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 10, 28, 45–47, 49
  • 423-425 (GSR/CIÉ)
LocaleIrelandWithdrawn1925-1955DispositionAll scrappedAs re-built 1912[2]

The Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway (DW&WR) 2, built in 1885, was the predecessor to a total of eleven 2-4-0T 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On review following amalgamation into Great Southern Railways (GSR) in 1925, Nos. 1, 2 and 6 were promptly withdrawn despite No. 2 having received a new boiler in 1914.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 Unlike the other survivors, No. 426 had not been re-boilered in 1914–1916 and it was withdrawn in 1926.[2]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

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