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GWR Sharp, Roberts locomotives

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Power type
  
Steam

Serial number
  
R, S, and T

Total produced
  
3

Builder
  
Sharp, Roberts & Co.

Build date
  
1838

Rebuild date
  
1844

The first 19 locomotives ordered by Isambard Kingdom Brunel for the Great Western Railway included three 2-2-2 Sharp, Roberts locomotives. They were built by Sharp, Roberts and Company and the most successful of the early designs, two lasting until the 1870s.

The original 14-by-15-inch (356 mm × 381 mm) cylinders were replaced from 1844 by larger 14-by-18-inch (356 mm × 457 mm) or 15-by-18-inch (381 mm × 457 mm) ones.

Locomotives

  • Lion (Sharp, Roberts R; 1838–1847)
  • Atlas (Sharp, Roberts S; 1838–1872)
    • This locomotive was rebuilt as a 2-2-2T tank locomotive in 1860. After it was withdrawn it was sold to a Mr Glasbrook in Swansea.
  • Eagle (Sharp, Roberts T; 1838–1871)
    • This locomotive was rebuilt as a 2-2-2T tank locomotive in 1860.

    References

    GWR Sharp, Roberts locomotives Wikipedia
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