South Devon Railway Eagle class

South Devon Railway Eagle class
Type and origin Power type Steam Designer Daniel Gooch Builder Slaughter, Grüning and Company Serial number 360–368, 411–412, 522, 559, 591–593 Build date 1859–1865 Total produced 16
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 4-4-0ST  • UIC 2′B n2t Gauge 7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm) Leading dia. 3 ft 6 in (1.067 m) Driver dia. 5 ft 6 in (1.676 m) Wheelbase 18 ft 0 in (5.49 m) Water cap 1,100 imp gal (5,000 l; 1,300 US gal) Cylinder size 16 1⁄2 in × 24 in (419 mm × 610 mm)
Career Operators South Devon Railway → Great Western Railway Class Eagle Withdrawn 1876–1892 Disposition All scrapped

Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	Daniel Gooch
Builder	Slaughter, Grüning and Company
Serial number	360–368, 411–412, 522, 559, 591–593
Build date	1859–1865
Total produced	16

Specifications
Configuration:	​
• Whyte	4-4-0ST
• UIC	2′B n2t
Gauge	7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm)
Leading dia.	3 ft 6 in (1.067 m)
Driver dia.	5 ft 6 in (1.676 m)
Wheelbase	18 ft 0 in (5.49 m)
Water cap	1,100 imp gal (5,000 l; 1,300 US gal)
Cylinder size	16 1⁄2 in × 24 in (419 mm × 610 mm)

Career
Operators	South Devon Railway → Great Western Railway
Class	Eagle
Withdrawn	1876–1892
Disposition	All scrapped

The Eagle class were sixteen 4-4-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway, Cornwall Railway and associated adjacent railways. They were designed for passenger trains on this steep and sharply curved line but were also used on goods trains when required.

They were ordered by Evans, Walker and Gooch who were contracted to operate the locomotives for both the railways. They were designed by Daniel Gooch a development of his earlier Comet class with slightly smaller wheels and larger tanks containing 1,100 gallons, a 37.5% increase, and built by Slaughter, Grüning and Company.

From 1 July 1866 the locomotives were bought by the South Devon Railway, after which they were operated as a combined fleet over both railways, but they continued to be accounted to their original owner. 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.

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