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DWWR 15
Irish Free State ·built by Sharp, Stewart and Company· from 1860· railway locomotive (1860)
what is it?
Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway (DW&WR) 15 of 1860 was the first of a number of 0-4-2 tender locomotives built by Sharp Stewart who were the only supplier of the 0-4-2 type to the DW&WR. In total 12 were supplied in batches in 1860, 1864 and 1876.
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 166 years ago, in 1860.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1860–1876
- retired
- 1925
- status
- retired
- number built
- 12
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- Irish Free State
- builders
- Sharp, Stewart and Company
- designer
- Haughton / William Meikle
- operators
- Dublin and South Eastern Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-2
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q65082079, Wikipedia: DWWR 15 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.