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Sharp, Stewart

• works: Atlas Works, Springburn, Glasgow
• 1828: established by Thomas Sharp and Richard Roberts as Sharp Roberts & Co at the Atlas Works, Great Bridgewater Street, Manchester
• 1843: name changed to Sharp Bros.
• 1889: moved to Glasgow, name changed to Sharp Stewart
• 1903.02.12: merged with Neilson Reid and Dubs to become the Atlas Works of the North British Locomotive Co
• Sharp, Stewart
• The North British Locomotive Company
• documents:
  • City of Glasgow, Mitchell Library
  • Glasgow University Archives and Business Records Centre
  • National Railway Museum Library and Archives
  • Science Museum Library

Sharp, Stewart: No.3021 2-4-0T

• specs:
  • CDR Class 1
  • weight: 20Tons
  • cylinders: 13"x20"
  • driving wheels: 42"
  • working pressure: 120psi
• 1881: CDR 2(first) "Blanche"
• 1905: retired
• 1909: scrapped
• photos: [INGV2 b-7-p89- ]

Sharp, Stewart: No.3022 2-4-0T

• specs:
  • CDR Class 1
  • weight: 20Tons
  • cylinders: 13"x20"
  • driving wheels: 42"
  • working pressure: 120psi
• 1881: CDR 3(first) "Lydia"
• 1905: retired
• 1910: scrapped

Sharp, Stewart: No.3023 2-4-0T

• specs:
  • CDR Class 1
  • weight: 20Tons
  • cylinders: 13"x20"
  • driving wheels: 42"
  • working pressure: 120psi
• 1881: CDR 1(first) "Alice"
• 1922: retired
• 1926: scrapped
• photos: [INGV2 b-7-p89 ]

Sharp, Stewart: No.3369 0-4-2T

• specs:
  • weight: 23.8Tons
  • cylinders: 13½"x18", inclined 1 in 15
  • driving wheels: 36"
  • working pressure: 140psi
  • trailing wheels: 2'3"
  • wheelbase: 4'9" + 5'7"
  • valve gear: Joy's
  • grate area: 10 sq ft
  • heating surface: 48 + 466 sq ft
  • tank capacity: 600 gallons
  • bunker capacity: 1 ton (as modified)
  • length of frames: 19'1"
  • length overall: 23'3"
  • height: 11'0"
  • boiler centre line: 5'3" above rail
  • boiler: 2 ring: 3'6"/3'6¾" i.d., 7'9" between tube plates
  • boiler tubes: 127 of 1¾" diameter
• 1886: CVR 1 "Caledon"
• 1919: new boiler (Bagnall), new firebox
• 1934: scrapped
• photos: [INGV2 b-6-p9-1920.05.15 ]
  [CVREP b-5-p71 b-6-p17-1910 b-5-p72-1900 ]
  [DCVJJ b-5-p2-1910 ?b-5-p22- ]
• modelling:
  • 4mm scale kit from Backwoods Miniatures

Sharp, Stewart: No.3370 0-4-2T

• specs:
  • weight: 23.8Tons
  • cylinders: 13½"x18", inclined 1 in 15
  • driving wheels: 36"
  • working pressure: 140psi
  • trailing wheels: 2'3"
  • wheelbase: 4'9" + 5'7"
  • valve gear: Joy's
  • grate area: 10 sq ft
  • heating surface: 48 + 466 sq ft
  • tank capacity: 600 gallons
  • bunker capacity: 1 ton (as modified)
  • length of frames: 19'1"
  • length overall: 23'3"
  • height: 11'0"
  • boiler centre line: 5'3" above rail
  • boiler: 2 ring: 3'6"/3'6¾" i.d., 7'9" between tube plates
  • boiler tubes: 127 of 1¾" diameter
• 1886: CVR 2 "Errigal"
• 1923: new boiler and firebox
• 1942: scrapped
• photos: [IRHOS: b-5-p94-1929.09.18 ]
  [INGV2 b-6-p13-1930 ]
  [CVREP k-5-tp- b-5-p71 b-6-p108-1921 ]
  [DCVJJ b-5-p12- ?b-5-p22- ]
• modelling:
  • 4mm scale kit from Backwoods Miniatures

Sharp, Stewart: No.3371 0-4-2T

• specs:
  • weight: 23.8Tons
  • cylinders: 13½"x18", inclined 1 in 15
  • driving wheels: 36"
  • working pressure: 140psi
  • trailing wheels: 2'3"
  • wheelbase: 4'9" + 5'7"
  • valve gear: Joy's
  • grate area: 10 sq ft
  • heating surface: 48 + 466 sq ft
  • tank capacity: 600 gallons
  • bunker capacity: 1 ton (as modified)
  • length of frames: 19'1"
  • length overall: 23'3"
  • height: 11'0"
  • boiler centre line: 5'3" above rail
  • boiler: 2 ring: 3'6"/3'6¾" i.d., 7'9" between tube plates
  • boiler tubes: 127 of 1¾" diameter
• 1887: CVR 3 "Blackwater"
• 1914: new boiler (Hudswell Clarke), firebox
• 1942: scrapped
• photos: [INGV2 b-5-p17-1937.06.25 b-6-p18-1939.06.24 b-7-p19- ]
  [CVREP k-5-tp- b-6-p17- b-6-p90-1939 ]
  [ITJKY b-7-p59-1930 ]
  [DCVJJ ?b-5-p22- ]
  [FRFNJ b-6-p53-1920.05.14 ]
• modelling:
  • 4mm scale kit from Backwoods Miniatures

Sharp, Stewart: No.3372 0-4-2T

• specs:
  • weight: 23.8Tons
  • cylinders: 13½"x18", inclined 1 in 15
  • driving wheels: 36"
  • working pressure: 140psi
  • trailing wheels: 2'3"
  • wheelbase: 4'9" + 5'7"
  • valve gear: Joy's
  • grate area: 10 sq ft
  • heating surface: 48 + 466 sq ft
  • tank capacity: 600 gallons
  • bunker capacity: 1 ton (as modified)
  • length of frames: 19'1"
  • length overall: 23'3"
  • height: 11'0"
  • boiler centre line: 5'3" above rail
  • boiler: 2 ring: 3'6"/3'6¾" i.d., 7'9" between tube plates
  • boiler tubes: 127 of 1¾" diameter
• 1887: CVR 4 "Fury"
• 1901: new boiler (Sharp, Stewart)
• 1911: new firebox
• 1929: scrapped
• photos: [ITJKY b-7-p58-1920 ]
  [DCVJJ ?b-5-p22- ]
• modelling:
  • 4mm scale kit from Backwoods Miniatures

Sharp, Stewart: No.3373 0-4-2T

• specs:
  • weight: 23.8Tons
  • cylinders: 13½"x18", inclined 1 in 15
  • driving wheels: 36"
  • working pressure: 140psi
  • trailing wheels: 2'3"
  • wheelbase: 4'9" + 5'7"
  • valve gear: Joy's
  • grate area: 10 sq ft
  • heating surface: 48 + 466 sq ft
  • tank capacity: 600 gallons
  • bunker capacity: 1 ton (as modified)
  • length of frames: 19'1"
  • length overall: 23'3"
  • height: 11'0"
  • boiler centre line: 5'3" above rail
  • boiler: 2 ring: 3'6"/3'6¾" i.d., 7'9" between tube plates
  • boiler tubes: 127 of 1¾" diameter
• 1887: CVR 5 "Colebrooke"
• builders photo: [FRFNJ b-6-p57-1887 ]
• 1919: new boiler (Bagnall), firebox
• 1936: scrapped
• photos: [CVREP b-6-p108-1887 b-6-p108- ]
  [DCVJJ b-5-p18- ?b-5-p22- ]
• modelling:
  • 4mm scale kit from Backwoods Miniatures

Sharp, Stewart: No.3374 0-4-2T

• specs:
  • weight: 23.8Tons
  • cylinders: 13½"x18", inclined 1 in 15
  • driving wheels: 36"
  • working pressure: 140psi
  • trailing wheels: 2'3"
  • wheelbase: 4'9" + 5'7"
  • valve gear: Joy's
  • grate area: 10 sq ft
  • heating surface: 48 + 466 sq ft
  • tank capacity: 600 gallons
  • bunker capacity: 1 ton (as modified)
  • length of frames: 19'1"
  • length overall: 23'3"
  • height: 11'0"
  • boiler centre line: 5'3" above rail
  • boiler: 2 ring: 3'6"/3'6¾" i.d., 7'9" between tube plates
  • boiler tubes: 127 of 1¾" diameter
• 1887: CVR 6 "Erne"
• 1914: new boiler (Hudswell Clarke), firebox
• 1942: scrapped
• photos: [IRHOS: b-6-p94-1937.06.25 b-6-p95-1937.06.25 ]
  [INGV2 b-6-p14-1937.06.25 b-7-p18- b-7-p18- ]
  [CVREP b-5-p72-1938.05.03 b-6-p36-1937.06.29 ]
  [ITJKY b-7-p59-1937 ]
  [DCVJJ b-5-p1- ?b-5-p22- b-5-p3-1934 b-5-p19-1920 ]
  [FRFNJ b-6-p52-1939 b-6-p54-1933 b-6-p56-1937.06.25 b-6-p59- ]
• modelling:
  • 4mm scale kit from Backwoods Miniatures