Earl of Airlie - purchased in 1833 and rebuilt about 1855 (when the photograph was taken): it was scrapped shortly after.
This looks like a locomotive from a period later than the 1831 in the caption.
In 1810, James and Charles Carmichael founded the Dundee company which produced the first locomotives for the Dundee and Newtyle Railway in 1833 - these were, in fact, the first locomotives made in Scotland. It is said that they were the first in the UK to have bogies. Prior to that, the company's main activities were marine work, weighbridges and turbines.
The first locomotive, No.1 and named Earl of Airlie, was delivered on 20 September and No. 2, Lord Wharncliffe, on 25 September 1833. (There were the names of two of the local land owners who were principal share holders in the company.) They cost £700 each and £30 for each water-butt tender. They were both 0-2-4s and dimensionally the same, except that No.1 had 11in x 18in vertical cylinders whereas the diameter was increaased to 11¼in for No. 2. The cylinders were placed on each side of the boiler, the crossheads above the cylinders were connected to large bell ranks, the longer arms of which were coupled to the connecting rods fastened to outside cranks on the leading 5ft 4in diameter wheels. All wheels had laminated springs above the frames. The steam admission was by means of a valve on the boiler barrel operated from the footplate by a handle and shaft. The feed check valve was on the side of the raised firebox.
Earl of Airlie - purchased in 1833 and rebuilt about 1855 (when the photograph was taken): it was scrapped shortly after. |
This looks like a locomotive from a period later than the 1831 in the caption. |
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May 2019