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Hibernia (locomotive)

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Power type
  
Build date
  
1834

Designer
  
Configuration
  
Builder
  
Sharp, Roberts and Company

Gauge
  
4 ft 8 ⁄2 in (1,435 mm)

Hibernia was a steam locomotive designed by Richard Roberts and built by Sharp, Roberts and Company in 1834 for the Dublin and Kingstown Railway (D&KR). The locomotive had vertical cylinders driving via bell cranks.

History

Hibernia was built in 1834 for the D&KR. It was one of a class of three similar locomotives. Like Experiment, power transmission from the vertical cylinders was via bell cranks.

Hibernia pulled the first train on the D&KR on 9 October 1834, which consisted of eight carriages.

References

Hibernia (locomotive) Wikipedia


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