DWWR 67

Irish rail locomotive

[1]ClassD8 (Inchicore)Power classN/MNumber in class2Numbers67 (GSR 454), 68LocaleIrelandWithdrawn1923, 1949DispositionBoth scrapped[2]

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

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 It was withdrawn the following year.[2]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

  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

  • Staff (14 April 1906). "New locomotives, Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway". Locomotive Magazine. p. 55.
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