The Sharp Stewart 0-8-2T locomotives were 0-8-2T steam

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Sharp, Stewart and Company Sharp, Stewart and Company was a steam locomotive manufacturer, initially located in Manchester, England. The company was formed in 1843 upon the demise of Sharp, Roberts & Co.. It moved to Glasgow, Scotland, in 1888, eventually amalgamating wit ...

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Port Talbot Railway and Docks Company The Port Talbot Railway and Docks Company (PTR&D) was formed in 1894 to secure the means of bringing minerals, chiefly coal, to the harbour in South Wales. It took over the docks at Port Talbot that had been operated by the Port Talbot Company. I ...

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. Three were built in 1901, works nos. 4794 - 4796. They were numbered 17-19 and became Great Western Railway numbers 1358-1360. These were unusually large locomotives for their time and place. Most of the railways of South Wales relied on

0-6-2T T, or t, is the twentieth letter in the modern English alphabet and the ISO basic Latin alphabet. Its name in English is ''tee'' (pronounced ), plural ''tees''. It is derived from the Semitic letters taw (ת, ܬ, ت) via the Greek letter ...

tank locomotives. Number 1360 was withdrawn in November 1926, followed by 1359 in December 1935. Number 1358 survived to be taken over by British Railways on 1 January 1948 but was withdrawn on 29 February 1948. None of these locomotives has been preserved.

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Rail UK database entry for 1358
{{GWR absorbed locos 1922 on Port Talbot Railway and Docks Company locomotives 0-8-2T locomotives Sharp Stewart locomotives Railway locomotives introduced in 1901 Scrapped locomotives Standard gauge steam locomotives of Great Britain Freight locomotives

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