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Port Talbot Railway 0-8-2T (Sharp Stewart)
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Sharp, Stewart and Company· from 1901· class of 3 two-cylinder 0-8-2T locomotives
what is it?
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.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 125 years ago, in 1901.
- Served for 47 years (1901–1948).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1901
- in service from
- 1901
- retired
- 1948
- status
- retired
- number built
- 3
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Sharp, Stewart and Company
- designer
- Sharp, Stewart & Co.
- operators
- Great Western Railway, Port Talbot Railway and Docks Company, Western Region of British Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-8-2T
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7230973, Wikipedia: Port Talbot Railway 0-8-2T (Sharp Stewart) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.