Ths kit contains parts to build a Cambrian Railways Sharp Stewart "Albion" Class locomotive.Wheels, gearbox/motor, paint and decals are required to complete.

Please note there is four week lead time for this product as we pack this to order.

Prototype Description

The model will build a locomotive and tender from a series of twelve 2-4-0s with 1200 gallon capacity four wheel tenders built by Sharp Stewart for the Cambrian or Cambrian constituents in 1863-5. This model represents the version as rebuilt during the Aston era of the mid 1890’s.

Locomotive key dimensions

Summary History

Twelve 2-4-0s were built by Sharp Stewart for the Cambrian or Cambrian constituents in 1863-5, Six locos of this type were taken over by the GWR (two of them having by then been converted to side tanks) however none survived to carry a GWR number.

By 1888 new boilers were needed, and were ordered from R. Stephenson & Co., Sharp, Stewart & Co., and Nasmyth, Wilson & Co. These were constructed of mild steel with copper fireboxes. The re-boilering dates are in the last column of the Table 4 below.

Cambrian Railways Small Passenger Class locomotive key dates

• To comply with the ‘Regulation of Railways Act, 1889’, all main line engines were to be fitted with automatic vacuum brakes. These were installed along with steam sanding gear, improved injectors, stronger connecting and coupling rods, sight feed lubricators and Ramsbottom type safety valves.

Nos.41, 43, 53 and 55 were allocated G.W. Nos. 1330-3 which were never carried.

Side tank conversions 44 & 56 became GWR 1190 and 1191, again never carried.