Port Talbot Railway 0-8-2T (Sharp Stewart) Explained

Powertype:Steam
Sharp Stewart 0-8-2T
Designer:Sharp, Stewart & Co.
Builder:Sharp, Stewart & Co.
Builddate:1901
Serialnumber:4794–4796
Totalproduction:3
Whytetype:0-8-2T
Driverdiameter:4feet
Locoweight:75.75LT
Fueltype:coal
Cylindercount:Two, outside
Cylindersize:20x
Boilerpressure:180psi
Tractiveeffort:31200lbf

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Number 1360 was withdrawn in November 1926, followed by 1359 in December 1935. Number 1358 survived to be taken over by British Railways on 1 January 1948 but was withdrawn on 29 February 1948.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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