Manx Northern Railway No.2 'Northern'

Illustration of No.2 'Northern'.

Overview -

Propulsion:

Steam

Loco Type:

Side Tank Engine

Gauge:

3 ft (914 mm)

Scrapped:

1912

History -

Name:

Northern

Livery:

Unlined Red

Sibling Locomotives:

Manx Northern Railway No.1 'Ramsey'

Manufacturing Details:

Builder:

Sharp, Stewart & Co.

(b/n) Builder's No.

2178

Build Date:

1879

Service:

Former Operators:

Manx Northern Railway Co. Ltd.

Isle of Man Railway Co.

Former Railways:

Manx Northern Railway

Isle of Man Railway

No.

2

Years in Operation:

1879 - 1905

1906 - 1912

Disposition:

Scrapped

Wheel Arrangement:

Whyte Notation:

2-4-0T

Axle No.

3

Valves & Motion:

Valve Gear:

Stephenson

Northern was a 2-4-0 side tank steam locomotive.

History[]

Northern was built by Sharp, Stewart and company in 1879 for the Manx Northern Railway on the Isle of Man and numbered 2 along with it's sibling no.1 "Ramsey". Northern operated on the MNR until it's closure in 1905 where it was inheritated by the Isle of Man Railway and numbered 17 but never whore the number in service and was scrapped in 1912 after a long period of being in storage.