Английская Википедия:DWWR Ariel Class
Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use Irish English Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox locomotive The Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway (DW&WR) Ariel ClassШаблон:Efn refers to seven 2-2-2WT well tank locomotives built by Neilson and Company and introduced in 1865.Шаблон:Sfnp
Ordering
In 1864 S. W. Haughton retired as locomotive superintendent of the DW&WR indicating the stress of maintenance of the 30 engines of the DW&WR as a factor, the workload being much greater than in 1849 when he had begun that role for the Dublin and Kingstown Railway (D&KR).Шаблон:Efn His replacement, William Meikle, who himself was to retire with ill-heath within the year faced a pressing need to replace the ageing locomotives in use on the Шаблон:Stnlink to Шаблон:Stnlink and Шаблон:Stnlink services.Шаблон:EfnШаблон:Sfnp
Meikle had six tenders for the supply of between six and eight locomotives with Grendon of Drogheda quoting the highest at £2,000 per unit. Neilson and Company won with the cheapest quote of £1,564 and initially supplied six locomotives in 1965. A seventh added at a later date seems to be related to Banshee being exhibited at the 1865 Dublin International Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures.Шаблон:SfnpШаблон:SfnpШаблон:Efn
The engines were given the name of "supernatural personages": Ariel; Elfin; Kate Kearney;Шаблон:Efn Kelpie; Oberon; Titania; and Banshee.Шаблон:Sfnp
Design
The locomotives used coal as fuel,Шаблон:Sfnp as opposed to the earliest D&KR engines which burned coke. They had straight weatherboards and were noted for a generous proportion of brass and copper-topped chimneys. Known to be painted green in the 1870s they were later painted is what was described as "ugly red" and modified with the fitting of cabs and stove-pipe chimneys.Шаблон:Sfnp
Murray notes the low power design was little better than the prior Burgoyne class.Шаблон:Sfnp
Service
Шаблон:External media They were designed for the Шаблон:Stn to Шаблон:Stn coastal commuter route where they operated almost for the majority of their lifetime. Unusually for DW&WR locomotives they bore names rather than numbers though this was consistent practice with the previous practice on the D&KR section for which they were designed.Шаблон:Sfnp
Ariel was noted as the first to operate over the Dublin Loop Line to Шаблон:Stnlink and last to be withdrawn.Шаблон:SfnpШаблон:Sfnp
In an incident at Шаблон:Stn Banshee suffered a burst boiler killing both the fireman and driver.Шаблон:Sfnp The locomotive was repaired and was sold to Fisher and Le Fanu. Oberton and Elfin went to Murphy's Brewery possibly at Bantry and Baltimore respectively.Шаблон:Sfnp
Murray suggests with their relatively short life and low power they were not a satisfactory investment perhaps evidenced by the fact none were rebuilt and Shepherds almost notes they were likely not successful.Шаблон:SfnpШаблон:Sfnp
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