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

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.

Sharp Stewart 0-8-2T
Type and origin Power type Steam Designer Sharp, Stewart & Co. Builder Sharp, Stewart & Co. Serial number 4794–4796 Build date 1901 Total produced 3
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 0-8-2T Gauge 4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Driver dia. 4 ft 3 in (1.295 m) Loco weight 75.75 long tons (76.97 t; 84.84 short tons) Fuel type coal Boiler pressure 180 psi (1,200 kPa) Cylinders Two, outside Cylinder size 20 in × 26 in (508 mm × 660 mm)
Performance figures Tractive effort 31,200 lbf (139 kN)

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Number 1360 was withdrawn in November 1926, followed by 1359 in December 1935. Number 1358 survived to be taken over by British Railways on 1 January 1948 but was withdrawn on 29 February 1948.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

See also

• Port Talbot Railway 0-8-2T (Cooke)
• Port Talbot Railway 0-6-2T (Stephenson)
• Locomotives of the Great Western Railway

Sources

• Rail UK database entry for 1358