South Devon Railway 0-4-0 locomotives

Tiny

Type and origin Power type Steam Builder Sara and Company

Specifications Configuration 0-4-0 VBT Gauge 7 ft 0 1⁄4 in (2.140 m) Driver dia. 3 ft 0 in (0.91 m) Wheelbase 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Cylinder size 9 in × 12 in (230 mm × 300 mm)

Career Operators South Devon Railway, Great Western Railway Disposition Static display

Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	Sara and Company

Specifications
Configuration	0-4-0 VBT
Gauge	7 ft 0 1⁄4 in (2.140 m)
Driver dia.	3 ft 0 in (0.91 m)
Wheelbase	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Cylinder size	9 in × 12 in (230 mm × 300 mm)

Career
Operators	South Devon Railway, Great Western Railway
Disposition	Static display

Owl

Type and origin Power type Steam Builder Avonside Engine Company

Specifications Configuration 0-4-0 WT Gauge 7 ft 0 1⁄4 in (2.140 m) Driver dia. 3 ft 0 in (0.91 m) Wheelbase 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) Cylinder size 11 in × 16 in (280 mm × 410 mm)

Career Operators South Devon Railway, Great Western Railway, Pearson & Son Class Owl Disposition All scrapped

Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	Avonside Engine Company

Specifications
Configuration	0-4-0 WT
Gauge	7 ft 0 1⁄4 in (2.140 m)
Driver dia.	3 ft 0 in (0.91 m)
Wheelbase	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Cylinder size	11 in × 16 in (280 mm × 410 mm)

Career
Operators	South Devon Railway, Great Western Railway, Pearson & Son
Class	Owl
Disposition	All scrapped

Raven

Type and origin Power type Steam Builder Avonside Engine Company

Specifications Configuration 0-4-0 ST Gauge 7 ft 0 1⁄4 in (2.140 m) Driver dia. 3 ft 0 in (0.91 m) Wheelbase 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) Cylinder size 14 in × 18 in (360 mm × 460 mm)

Career Operators South Devon Railway, Great Western Railway, Wantage Tramway, Powisland & Mason Class Raven Disposition All scrapped

Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	Avonside Engine Company

The South Devon Railway 0-4-0 locomotives were small 0-4-0 broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway, Cornwall Railway, mainly on the dockside lines around Plymouth.

On 1 February 1876 the South Devon Railway was amalgamated with the Great Western Railway, the locomotives were given numbers by their new owners but continued to carry their names too.

Tiny was built by Sara and Company. It has a vertical boiler and was similar to four locomotives that later worked in the docks at Falmouth in Cornwall.

After withdrawal it was used at Newton Abbot where it was used to power machinery in the workshops there. In 1927, no longer required for this purpose, it was displayed on the platform at the station opposite the workshops. It has since been moved to Buckfastleigh railway station where it is displayed in the museum of the South Devon Railway Trust.

The three Owl class locomotives had well tanks and were built by the Avonside Engine Company.

The seven Raven class were saddle tank locomotives and were again built by the Avonside Engine Company. They were highly unusual for broad gauge locomotives in having outside cylinders.

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