Bird Illustration of Passenger locomotives 216 and 217

Passenger Locomotives Nos. 216 and 217

Bird Notes

Two locomotives were added to the company’s stock in 1854 by purchase from Mr. C. C. Williams, and they received Nos. 216 and 217. They were four-coupled passenger engines of the type shown in the accompanying illustration, Fig. 23, having leading wheels 3-ft. 9-in. and driving wheels 5-ft. 9-in. diameter respectively, and cylinders 16-in. diameter with a 22-in. stroke. These engines, as can be gathered from the drawing, were built by Messrs. E. B. Wilson & Co.

Some or all of the description has been edited from G.F.Bird's Locomotives of the Great Northern Railway

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