Sharp Stewart 0-4-4T Dunrobin

Dunrobin in Canada in 1986

Dunrobin is an 0-4-4T, built by Sharp Stewart in 1895 for the Duke of Sutherland. It was used until around 1920 to pull the Duke’s private train between Dunrobin Castle and Inverness, the Duke having acquired running rights on the Highland Railway as a condition of financing construction of part of the line.

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Preservation

The locomotive was exported to Canada in 1965, but acquired in January 2011 by the Beamish Living Museum of the North and repatriated to the UK. On arrival, Dunrobin was brought to Bridgnorth to be dismantled and the feasibility of restoration to working order assessed. Contracts were subsequently let for boiler and mechanical overhaul at Bridgnorth.

Current staus

As of March 2017 the overhaul is making steady progress, with the boiler expected to be complete by the end of that year and the driving wheels expected to be removed shortly. Beamish Transport Online blog has regular updates on progress of the work which has necessitated many new parts including cylinder block, smokebox and boiler barrel sections.

The photograph below shows work in progress in March 2012.

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  Dunrobin in Bridgnorth Works

See also

Steam Locomotives

Links

Dunrobin (Locomotive) on Wikipedia