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Irish Narrow Gauge - Locomotives - Dübs

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Dübs & Co.

• works: Glasgow Locomotive Works, Polmadie, Glasgow
• 1863: established by Henry Dubs
• 1864: works built
• 1865: first loco built
• 1903.02.12: merged with Neilson Reid and Sharp Stewart to become the Queens Park Works of the North British Locomotive Company
• documents:
  • City of Glasgow, Mitchell Library
  • Glasgow University Archives and Business Records Centre
  • National Railway Museum Library and Archives
  • Southern Methodist University: DeGolyer Library
• see also:
  • Dübs and Co
  • The North British Locomotive Company

Dubs & Co.: No.2890 0-6-2T

Dubs & Co.: No.2891 0-6-2T

• specs:
  • weight: 35.6Tons
  • cylinders: 15"x20"
  • driving wheels: 48", (1906: 42")
  • trailing wheels: 48", (1906: 42")
  • fixed wheelbase: 9'6"
  • total wheelbase: 15'0"
  • working pressure: 150psi
  • heating surface: 666.5 + 74 = 740.5 sq ft
  • grate area: 11.18 sq ft
  • tank capacity: 938 gal
  • bunker capacity: 80 cu ft
  • tractive effort: 11,900 lbs @ 85%
  • boiler centre line: 6'2½" above rail height
• 1892.03: WCR 6/6C "Saint Senan"
• 1906: driving and trailing wheels reduced to 42" (Dubs' original recommendation) to reduce oscillation and track wear.
• 1956.12: scrapped
• photos: [INGV1: b-7-p65-1938.06.30 ]
  [IRHOS: b-5-p52-1938.06.30 ]
  [WCRPT: b-5-p36-1954 b-5-p38-1950.05 b-5-p51-1948.06.09 b-5-p54-1948.06.19 b-5-p58-1950 b-5-p68-1947.07.17 b-5-p85-1935.08.06 b-5-p85-1948.06.09 ]

Dubs & Co.: No.2892 0-6-2T

• specs:
  • weight: 35.6Tons
  • cylinders: 15"x20"
  • driving wheels: 48", (1906: 42")
  • trailing wheels: 48", (1906: 42")
  • fixed wheelbase: 9'6"
  • total wheelbase: 15'0"
  • working pressure: 150psi
  • heating surface: 666.5 + 74 = 740.5 sq ft
  • grate area: 11.18 sq ft
  • tank capacity: 938 gal
  • bunker capacity: 80 cu ft
  • tractive effort: 11,900 lbs @ 85%
  • boiler centre line: 6'2½" above rail height
• 1892.03: WCR 7 "Lady Inchiquin"
• builders photo: [WCRPT: b-5-p81- ]
• 1906: driving and trailing wheels reduced to 42" (Dubs' original recommendation) to reduce oscillation and track wear.
• 1916: retired
• 1922: scrapped
• photos: [INGV1: b-7-p65-1898.09.15 ]
  [WCRPT: b-5-p19- b-6-p75-1898-09.15 ]
  [JIRRS: b-6-v20p363- ]

Dubs & Co.: No.3169 2-6-2T

• specs:
  • weight: 36½Tons
  • cylinders: 15"x20"
  • driving wheels: 42"
  • leading wheels: 30"
  • trailing wheels: 30"
  • fixed wheelbase: 9'3"
  • total wheelbase: 18'0"
  • working pressure: 150psi
  • heating surface: 666 + 77 = 743 sq ft
  • grate area: 11.18 sq ft
  • tank capacity: 900 gal
  • bunker capacity: 65 cu ft
  • tractive effort: 13,607 lbs @ 85%
• builders photo: [WCRPT: b-5-p87- ]
• 1894.06: WCR 8/8C "Lisdoonvarna"
• 1925: scrapped
• photos: [JIRRS: b-6-v20p363- ]

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