Earl of Airlie (locomotive)

Earl of Airlie was an 1833 steam locomotive designed and built by J and C Carmichael for the 4ft 6in gauge Dundee and Newtyle Railway, with a 0-2-4 wheel arrangement and a tender. It was the first steam passenger locomotive in Scotland and the first locomotive in the United Kingdom to have a bogie.

Earl of Airlie
Earl of Airlie, in the mid 1860s
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
DesignerJ and C Carmichael
BuilderJ and C Carmichael
Build date1833
Total produced2 (possibly 3)
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte0-2-4
Driver1st
Gauge4 ft 6 in (1,372 mm)
Coupled dia.5 feet 4 inches (163 cm)
Trailing dia.3 feet (91 cm)
Total weight9 long tons 10 cwt (21,300 lb or 9.7 t)
Fuel typeCoal
Cylinders2
Cylinder size11 by 18 inches (28 by 46 cm)
Career
First run29 September 1833 (1833-09-29)

A second locomotive, of the same design, Lord Wharncliffe was completed shortly after Earl of Airlie. A third 0-2-4, Trotter, was provided by James Stirling & Co. in 1834, to a similar but sightly smaller design.

No other locomotives ever used the 0-2-4 arrangement.

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