Avonside Engine Company standard narrow gauge 2-4-2T
Great Britain 1897 0 produced
The Avonside Engine Company offered a range of standard narrow gauge tank locomotives that could be ordered with various gauge and cylinder diameter combinations. In order to ensure a long service life and low wear, some assemblies were made of harder steel than actually required and the friction surfaces on wear-intensive parts were made wider.
A slightly larger type of locomotive with a 2-4-2T wheel arrangement is represented by the “India”. It was available in gauges of 3 feet, metre gauge and 3 feet 6 inches and intended for mixed traffic. The cylinder diameter could be chosen between ten and 17 inches.
Technical data
General
- Built
- 1897
- Manufacturers
- Avonside
- Wheel arrangement
- 2-4-2T (Columbia)
- Gauge
- 1,067 mm (Cape gauge)
Power plant
- Expansion type
- simple expansion
- Cylinders
- two
Power
- Power source
- steam
- Estimated power
- 75 kW (102 PS)
