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The only known official photograph of the Paget locomotive is this official portrait. |
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| Specifications |
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Configuration:
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| • Whyte | 2-6-2 |
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| • UIC | 1′C1′ n8 |
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| Leading dia. | 3 ft 3+1⁄2 in (1,003 mm) |
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| Driver dia. | 5 ft 4 in (1,626 mm) |
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| Trailing dia. | 3 ft 3+1⁄2 in (1,003 mm) |
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| Wheelbase | - Coupled: 17 ft 4 in (5.28 m)
- Locomotive: 31 ft 4 in (9.55 m)
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| Adhesive weight | 59 long tons 6 cwt (132,800 lb or 60.3 t)
59 long tons 6 hundredweight (60.3 t; 66.4 short tons) |
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| Loco weight | 74 long tons 10 cwt (166,900 lb or 75.7 t)
74 long tons 10 hundredweight (75.7 t; 83.4 short tons) |
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| Boiler pressure | 180 lbf/in2 (1.24 MPa) |
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| Cylinders | 8 single-acting |
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| Cylinder size | 18 in × 12 in (457 mm × 305 mm) |
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The Midland Railway's Paget locomotive, No. 2299, was an experimental steam locomotive constructed at its Derby Works in 1908 to the design of the General Superintendent Cecil Paget (though Richard Deeley was Locomotive Superintendent at the time). As the Midland shrouded the locomotive in secrecy, there is only one known official photograph, which was not released until after The Grouping of 1923.
