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The Skylark class were a series of 0-4-2T narrow-gauge steam locomotives that were constructed by Kerr, Stuart & Co. for narrow gauge railways across the United Kingdom and overseas.

History[]

Skylark class locomotives began to be produced by Kerr Stuart & Co. in the mid to late 1890s, originally designed for railways and even some light railways/tramways overseas. Though they became somewhat popular for British use at the turn of the century. A large number of Skylark locomotives were exported to Mauritius for use on sugar plantations and ford use at Hadfields East Hecla steelworks in Sheffield, England.

The last Skylarks were manufactured around the mid 1910s, when the company became defunct in 1930 as a result of dodgy dealings most of the designs including the Skylark were sold to the Hunslet Engine Co. of Leeds, Yorkshire, however the Skylark was not added to their catalogue.

Preservation[]

Two examples are known to still exist:

  • Works No. 742 of 1901 named Lukee is currently operational on the Red Cliffs Historical Steam Railway in Victoria, Australia.
  • Works Nos. 813, 814, or 1360 of 1903 or 1915 which is displayed outside in Mauritius where it worked on the Beau Sejour sugar cane plantation.

Stock List[]

Image Loco Name Works No. Build date Operator(s) Status Notes
- 117 1896 Jardine Matheson & Co., Yokohama, Japan Scrapped
No. 1 Mexico 126 1897 Tlahvalilo cotton estate, Mexico Scrapped
No. 2 Espana 127 1897 Tlahvalilo cotton estate, Mexico Scrapped
Pioneer 636 1898 Contractor Francis Allen, Tunis, Tunisia Scrapped
Princess-Out-Of-Use-C&MLR Princess 717 1900 C&MLR Colliery Railway

Campbeltown & Machrihanish Light Railway (C&MLR)

Scrapped Used as spare parts for the C&MLR's Chevalier and scrapped.
- 718 1900 Westonia Firewood Co., Western Australia Unknown Originally operated on the Peak Hill Tramway with No. 739.
- 739 1900 Peak Hill Goldfields Ltd., Western Australia Scrapped
No. 2 740 1900 Sugar plantation/ St. Lucia,, West Indies Scrapped
Lord Roberts 741 1900 Carnanee Quarry, Portrush, Northern Ireland Scrapped Originally sold to A. Kellett of Frankley, Worcestershire, England.
Ks742a Lukee 742 1901 Red Cliffs Historical Steam Railway Operational
Rajah 743 1901 Martin & Co., Calcutta, India Scrapped
Rafaela 744 1901 Unknown, Madrid, Spain Scrapped
No. 2 Anie 753 1902 PWD Subiaco Sewerage Works, Western Australia Unknown Originally operated on the Kalgoorlie & Boulder Firewood Co. Beria tramway.
- 796 1902 Unknown, Singapore. Scrapped
McDonald 797 1903 Unknown, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Scrapped
- 798 1902 Mauritius plantation. Scrapped
No. 1 799 1902 L. P. P. Co. Ltd., Talara, Peru. Scrapped
Gwalia 801 1902 Sons of Gwalia Ltd., Western Australia. Scrapped
No. 2 Skylark 802 1902 Lovatt & Co., Hartington, Derbyshire, England Scrapped Later sold to Snailbeach District Railway in 1923, and scrapped by them in 1950.
Skylark 803 1902 G. F. Norton & Co., Lisbon, Portugal Scrapped
- 811 1903 Smeed Dean Brickworks, Sittingbourne, Kent, England Scrapped
Dolcoath (1) 812 1903 Dolcoath mine, Cambourne, Cambridgeshire, England Scrapped
2115 No. 1/2/3 Beau Sejour 813/814/1360 1903/1915 Beau Sejour sugar estate. Plinthed in Mauritius Exact identity unknown. One of three possibilities.
No. 1 824 1903 Mauritius plantation. Scrapped
No. 5 825 1907 Hadfields East Hecla Steel Steelworks, Sheffield, England Scrapped
St. Antoine (1) 826 1903 Mauritius plantation. Scrapped
- 835 1903 Mauritius plantation. Scrapped
No. 4 St Antoine (2) 864 1910 Mauritius plantation. Scrapped
Pieterboth 865 1910 Mauritius plantation. Scrapped
Beau Vallon 866 1910 Mauritius plantation. Scrapped
Dolcoath (2) 1169 1911 Dolcoath mine, Cambourne, Cambridgeshire, England Scrapped
- 1170 1910 Mauritius plantation. Scrapped
No. 3 San Souci 1171 1910 Mauritius plantation. Scrapped
No. 2 La Baraque 1199 1910 Mauritius plantation. Scrapped
Hawk 1213 1914 Harbury Cement Works Scrapped Sold to Holborough Cement Co.
No. 1458 Hadfields East Hecla Steel Steelworks, Sheffield, England Scrapped
No. 1459 Hadfields East Hecla Steel Steelworks, Sheffield, England Scrapped
No. 2140 Hadfields East Hecla Steel Steelworks, Sheffield, England Scrapped
No. 2386 1913 Hadfields East Hecla Steel Steelworks, Sheffield, England Scrapped
Henri 1201 1913 Mauritius plantation. Scrapped
No. 4223 Hadfields East Hecla Steel Steelworks, Sheffield, England Scrapped
No. 4 Alma 1358 1914 Mauritius plantation. Scrapped
- 1359 1914 Mauritius plantation. Scrapped
No. 3033 2424 1915 Hadfields East Hecla Steel Steelworks, Sheffield, England Scrapped
No. 3034 2425 1915 Hadfields East Hecla Steel Steelworks, Sheffield, England Scrapped
- 2426 1915 Hadfields East Hecla Steel Steelworks, Sheffield, England Scrapped
- 2427 1915 Hadfields East Hecla Steel Steelworks, Sheffield, England Scrapped
- 2478 1915 Hadfields East Hecla Steel Steelworks, Sheffield, England Scrapped
- 2479 1915 Hadfields East Hecla Steel Steelworks, Sheffield, England Scrapped
- 2480 1915 Hadfields East Hecla Steel Steelworks, Sheffield, England Scrapped
- 2481 1915 Hadfields East Hecla Steel Steelworks, Sheffield, England Scrapped

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