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DWWR 2
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Grand Canal Street Works· from 1885· class of Irish 2-4-0T locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Rosslare - Ballygeary Harbour circa 1882 with DWWR 2-2-2WT No. 1 on the turntable: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
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. Nos. 1, 6, 7 and 10, built between 1892 and 1896, had detail differences between them, Ahrons describes them as having a more modern appearance.
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 141 years ago, in 1885.
- Served for 70 years (1885–1955).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1885–1896
- in service from
- 1885
- retired
- 1955
- status
- retired
- number built
- 11
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Grand Canal Street Works
- designer
- R. Cronin
- operators
- Dublin and South Eastern Railway, Great Southern Railways, Córas Iompair Éireann, Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-4-0
- length
- 8.8 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q62224599, Wikipedia: DWWR 2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.