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DWWR 67

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DW&WR 67
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
DesignerR. Cronin
BuilderBeyer, Peacock & Company
Serial number4645/6
Build date1905
Total produced2
Specifications
Configuration:
 • Whyte4-4-0
Gauge5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm)
Driver dia.6 ft 1 in (1,850 mm)
Length33 ft (10,000 mm) (est.)
Axle load15 long tons (15 t)
Loco weight43.3 long tons (44.0 t)
Water cap.2,600 imp gal (12,000 L; 3,100 US gal)
Boiler pressure160 lbf/in2 (1.10 MPa)
Cylinders2
Cylinder size18 in × 26 in (457 mm × 660 mm)[1]
Performance figures
Tractive effort15,700 lbf (69.84 kN)
Career
Operators[1]
ClassD8 (Inchicore)
Power classN/M
Number in class2
Numbers67 (GSR 454), 68
LocaleIreland
Withdrawn1923, 1949
DispositionBoth 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

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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

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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 It was withdrawn the following year.[2]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

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  1. ^ a b Boocock, Colin (1 October 2009). "Locomotive Compendium Ireland" (1st ed.). Ian Allan Publishing. p. 41. ISBN 9780711033603.
  2. ^ a b c d 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

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