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The London and North Western Railway Cornwall locomotive was designed at Crewe Works as a 4-2-2 by Francis Trevithick in 1847, but was rebuilt as a 2-2-2 in 1858. Although by the 1860s the 2-2-2 configuration was beginning to be superseded by the 2-4-0 type with better adhesion, the invention of steam sanding gave 2-2-2 singles a new lease of ...
No. 687, LNWR 2-2-2-2T LNWR Greater Britain Class, engine No. 2053 Greater Britain LNWR John Hick Class, engine No. 1535 Henry Maudslay. Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-2-2-2 could represent either the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels, four powered but uncoupled driving wheels, and two trailing wheels; or of two independent leading axles (not in a ...
In the 1840s, express passenger locomotive design was focused on the need for single large-diameter driving wheels of around 8 ft (2.4 m). The wheel diameter is effectively the "gear ratio" of a steam engine, and large driving wheels delivered the high linear tyre speed needed for fast locomotives, whilst keeping the axle bearing and piston speeds low enough to remain within the limits of the ...
Bloomer was a name used to refer to three similar classes of 2-2-2 express passenger locomotives designed by James McConnell for the Southern Division of the London and North Western Railway (LNWR). A total of seventy-four were built between 1851 and 1862.
G&SWR 2 Class; G&SWR 40 Class; G&SWR 45 Class 2-2-2; G&SWR 95 Class; GER Class D27; GS&WR Class 1; GS&WR Class 21; GWR 69 Class; GWR 157 Class (Dean) GWR 157 Class (Gooch) GWR 378 Class; GWR 3001 Class; GWR 3031 Class; GWR Charles Tayleur locomotives; GWR Firefly Class; GWR Haigh Foundry locomotives; GWR Hurricane locomotive; GWR Mather, Dixon ...
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-2-2-0 usually represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, four powered but uncoupled driving wheels on two axles, and no trailing wheels, but can also be used to represent two sets of leading wheels (not in a bogie truck) two driving wheels, and no trailing wheels.
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.
A prototype single locomotive, No. 151 Grosvenor, was designed by Stroudley and produced by Brighton railway works in December 1874. This was extensively tested before a second, scaled down locomotive No. 325 Abergavenny, was ordered in June 1876 and completed in January 1877.