what is it?
The Dublin, Wicklow, and Wexford Railway (DWWR) No. 17 (named Wicklow) was a steam locomotive owned by the Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway. The locomotive, using a 0-6-0 configuration, was built in 1899 at Grand Canal Street railway works and was followed by the slightly larger No.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 127 years ago, in 1899.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1899–1901
- retired
- 1935
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- Irish Free State
- builders
- Grand Canal Street
- designer
- R. Cronin
- operators
- Dublin and South Eastern Railway, Great Southern Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q65080640, Wikipedia: DWWR 17 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.