Experiment (locomotive)

32 Experiment
Type and origin
Power type Steam
Designer Richard Roberts
Builder Richard Roberts
Build date 1833
Specifications
Configuration 2-2-0
Gauge 4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm)
Cylinders 2
Career
Operators Liverpool and Manchester Railway
Disposition scrapped

Experiment was a steam locomotive designed and built by Richard Roberts in 1833 for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR). The locomotive had vertical cylinders driving via bell cranks.

History

L&MR No.32[1] Experiment was built in 1833 with vertical cylinders mounted just behind the chimney, driving the wheels via a bell crank. The locomotive also had piston valves. These valves were probably the reason that the design was not a success, rather than the bell crank transmission, which was used successfully in other locomotives.[2] Another reason that the locomotive was not successful was steam leakage from the cylinders.[1] Experiment was withdrawn after a few months.[2]

Three similar locomotives were built for the Dublin and Kingstown Railway.[1] Locomotives to this design were built for the Dundee and Newtyle Railway, but they were soon altered.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Sharp Roberts & Co.". Steam Index. Retrieved 2008-04-05.
  2. 1 2 3 "Curiosities of Locomotive Design". Catskill Archive. Retrieved 2008-04-05.
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