DWWR 11
Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway 11 built in 1896 was the predecessor to a total of twelve locomotives to emerge from Grand Canal Street railway works between 1896 and 1910. Eleven of twelve lasted through to the early 1950s, the only loss being due to the Civil war, and despite attempts to replace them remained they remained vital to the running of the South Dublin services suburban services to Bray throughout their lives.
Development
These locomotives were a development of the preceding s also by William Wakefield with the first two, No. 11 St Kevin in 1896 and No. 3 being new builds. Four more subsequently constructed by rebuilding Wakefields 2-4-0T locomotives. These were all later to form Great Southern Railways class 428. The succeeding locomotive engineer Cronin was to build 6 more similar locomotives which were allocated GSR class 434. In practice during their lifetimes all twelve were subject to regular rebuilds with over 5 different types of boiler fitted.They were an improvement over their forebears, with coal capacity up from 1.5 tons to 2.5 tons and water capacity nearly doubled to meaning less frequent refueling. The tractive effort increase by about was also useful.