Derwent (locomotive)
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Derwent is an
Darlington Railway Centre and Museum
, now known as Head of Steam.
Design
Derwent was designed by
W. & A. Kitching in Darlington, England in 1845. It is similar in design to two of their 1842 locomotives, Leader and Trader,[1]
with outside cylinders fixed at the trailing end of the boiler and four-foot diameter, six-wheeled coupled wheels.
Withdrawn from service in 1869, it was sold to Pease & Partners for use on their colliery lines and spent some time at the construction of the Waskerley Reservoir in County Durham. It took part in the Stephenson Centenary celebrations at Newcastle in 1881 and the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in 1887.
Preservation
Derwent was presented to the
National Collection
.
References
- ^ "The Timothy Hackworth Story - Derwent Locomotive". Railcentre.co.uk website. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
- ^ "The Timothy Hackworth Story - Derwent Locomotive". Railcentre.co.uk website. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Derwent.
- Darlington Railway Centre and Museum website
- About Derwent
- Scenes of NE England - Darlington Railway Museum
- Photo (1975) of locomotive Derwent on display at Darlington main station
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