Port Talbot Railway 0-8-2T (Sharp Stewart)
| Sharp Stewart 0-8-2T |
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| Specifications |
Configuration:
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| • Whyte
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0-8-2T |
| Gauge |
4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
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Driver dia. |
4 ft 3 in (1.295 m) |
| Loco weight |
75.75 long tons (76.97 t; 84.84 short tons) |
| Fuel type |
coal |
| Boiler pressure |
180 psi (1,200 kPa) |
| Cylinders |
Two, outside |
| Cylinder size |
20 in × 26 in (508 mm × 660 mm) |
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|
|
| Specifications |
Configuration:
|
|
| • Whyte
|
0-8-2T |
| Gauge |
4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
|
Driver dia. |
4 ft 3 in (1.295 m) |
| Loco weight |
75.75 long tons (76.97 t; 84.84 short tons) |
| Fuel type |
coal |
| Boiler pressure |
180 psi (1,200 kPa) |
| Cylinders |
Two, outside |
| Cylinder size |
20 in × 26 in (508 mm × 660 mm) |
The Sharp Stewart 0-8-2T locomotives were 0-8-2T steam tank locomotives designed and built by Sharp, Stewart and Company for the Port Talbot Railway and Docks Company, south Wales. Three were built in 1901, works nos. 4794 - 4796. They were numbered 17-19 and became Great Western Railway numbers 1358-1360.
These were unusually large locomotives for their time and place. Most of the railways of South Wales relied on 0-6-2T tank locomotives.
Number 1360 was withdrawn in November 1926, followed by 1359 in December 1935. Number 1358 survived to be taken over by British Railways on 1 January 1948 but was withdrawn on 29 February 1948. None of these locomotives has been preserved.
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