GWR Sharp, Roberts locomotives
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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 After it was withdrawn it was sold to a Mr Glasbrook in Swansea.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
- Reed, P. J. T. (February 1953). White, D. E. (ed.). The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway, Part 2: Broad Gauge. Kenilworth: RCTS. pp. B10–B11. ISBN 0-901115-32-0.
- Waters, Laurence (1999). The Great Western Broad Gauge. Hersham: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 0-7110-2634-3 – via Archive.org.
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- Great Western Railway locomotives
- Broad gauge (7 feet) railway locomotives
- 2-2-2 locomotives
- Early steam locomotives
- Steam locomotives of Great Britain
- Sharp Stewart locomotives
- Railway locomotives introduced in 1838
- Scrapped locomotives
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