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.
[2] Ahrons describes them as the larger than other types at the time of their introduction in 1893.
[3] They seem to have been generally well balanced and successful engines, though it was noted that they had a reverse level and could become problematic and even unsafe when worn.
Unlike the subsequent Dublin and South Eastern Railway's (DSER)[Note 1] 4-4-2Ts it had no apparent problems with trains on gradients.
460 with a lower pitched boiler and a forward cab extension, it being the only locomotive not re-boilered by the DSER.