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Number 1360 was withdrawn in November 1926, followed by 1359 in December 1935. Number 1358 survived to be taken over by British Railways on 1 January 1948 but was withdrawn on 29 February 1948.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