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DWWR 52
Irish Free State ·built by Sharp, Stewart and Company· from 1893· Irish class of locomotive
what is it?
Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway (DW&WR) 52 to 54 were a class of three 4-4-2T locomotives designed by William Wakefield for Kingstown Pier to Kingsbridge (Dublin Heuston) boat trains. At one point they carried the names Duke of Connaught, Duke of Abercorn and Duke of Leinster respectively.
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 133 years ago, in 1893.
- 11 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1893
- retired
- 1960
- status
- retired
- number built
- 3
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- Irish Free State
- builders
- Sharp, Stewart and Company
- designer
- William Wakefield
- operators
- Dublin and South Eastern Railway, Great Southern Railways, Córas Iompair Éireann
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-2T
- length
- 11 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q65080388, Wikipedia: DWWR 52 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.