This article is about the 1922 locomotives D&SER 15 & 16. For earlier locomotives carrying the same D&SER number, see DWWR 15.
Dublin & South Eastern Railway 15 and 16 GSR 461 Class CIÉ K2 Class
GSR 461 at MacDonagh station, Kilkenny, in March 2015.
Type and origin
Power type
Steam
Designer
G. H. Wild
Builder
Beyer, Peacock & Co.
Order number
02160
Serial number
6112–6113
Build date
1922
Total produced
2
Specifications
Configuration:
• Whyte
2-6-0
• UIC
1'C h2
Gauge
5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm)
Leading dia.
3 ft 0 in (0.914 m)
Driver dia.
5 ft 1 in (1.549 m)
Axle load
15 long tons 1 cwt (33,700 lb or 15.3 t)
Adhesive weight
43 long tons 9 cwt (97,300 lb or 44.1 t)
Loco weight
50 long tons 1 cwt (112,100 lb or 50.9 t)
Tender weight
32 long tons 10 cwt (72,800 lb or 33 t)
Fuel type
Coal
Fuel capacity
5 long tons 0 cwt (11,200 lb or 5.1 t)
Water cap.
2,600 imperial gallons (12,000 L; 3,100 US gal)
Firebox:
• Grate area
20 sq ft (1.9 m2)
Boiler pressure
175 lbf/in2 (1.21 MPa)
Heating surface:
• Firebox
134 sq ft (12.4 m2)
• Tubes and flues
952 sq ft (88.4 m2)
Superheater:
• Heating area
164 sq ft (15.2 m2)
Cylinders
Two, inside
Cylinder size
19 in × 26 in (483 mm × 660 mm)
Valve type
8 in (203 mm) piston valves
Performance figures
Tractive effort
22,890 lbf (101.82 kN)
Career
Operators
Dublin and South Eastern Railway
→ Great Southern Railways
→ Córas Iompair Éireann
Class
DSR: None
GSR/CIÉ: 461 or K2
Numbers
DSER: 15–16
GSR: 461–462
Withdrawn
1963–1965
Preserved
One: No. 15 / 461
Restored
1990, 2012
Current owner
Railway Preservation Society of Ireland
Disposition
One preserved, one scrapped
The Dublin and South Eastern Railway 15 and 16 were a pair of 2-6-0 steam locomotives which were built for the heavy goods (freight) traffic on the Dublin to Wexford main line of the Dublin and South Eastern Railway (DSER). The two locomotives were built by Beyer, Peacock and Company at their Gorton Foundry in Manchester.
On account of the risk of damage when new (during the Irish Civil War period of 1921–1922), both examples were initially sent to Belfast for safekeeping. They were stored by the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) at Adelaide yard until 1923, when they were returned to the DSER. The locos were withdrawn in the early 1960s.[1]
In 1925, the DSER was absorbed into the Great Southern Railways and the two locomotives were renumbered 461 and 462, and placed in Class 461 or Class K2.
^"DUBLIN & SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY K2 (GSR CLASSIFICATION) 2-6-0 No. 461". Railway Preservation Society of Ireland. Archived from the original on 11 February 2007. Retrieved 15 January 2009.
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