DSER Black XVII No.51

DSER Black XVII No.51

After the Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway reached Waterford the name of the railway was changed to Dublin and South Eastern Railway in 1907. They also thought it was best to repaint their engines in a new black livery and later remove their names. No. 51, Formely named New Ross was built by Vulcan Foundry in Newton-le-Willows in 1891 as a Goods Train for the Shillelagh Branch and was stationed at Bray but sometimes did Wexford-Waterford Goods aswell. No.51 was involved with sabatage during the Irish Civil War(1922-1923), when the Anti-Treaty side(Those who thought the Treaty offered by the Prime Minister of Britain David Lloyd George wasn't good enough as six counties and three ports remained under British Rule and Ireland would remain part of the British Commonwealth) would sabatage trains and stations to disrupt goods services and the transportation of Pro-Treaty Troops. On the DSER this was common in the South East, On January 1923, the Anti-Treaty arrived at Palace East Station where No.51 was arriving with a Waterford-Wexford Goods and a second engine, No.68 was arriving with a Macmine Junction-Waterford Passenger Service, the Anti-Treaty forced the passengers off the train and had No.68 uncoupled and sent down a mile towards Macmine Junction where it was accelerated back up towards Palace East where No.51 and her goods train were sent down in the direction of No.68 creating a head on collision. Michael Forde, the hero of the DSER and the Merchants of Wexford just so happened to be one of the passengers but was unable to stop the collision but later he and his breakdown crew had the line open. Sadly however No.68 was severly damadged with twisted wheels and so No.68 had to be dragged to Chapel Station where it was put on siding and later dismantled and brought to Dublin in storage and later scrapped in 1925. No.51 had a twisted front making it too expensive to fix and was towed to Dublin and later scrapped in 1925.
Model created with 3D Canvas Pro by Paul Gausden © 2005

Author: Paul Gausden

DSER Black XVII No.51
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