Dunrobin (1895 locomotive)

Dunrobin was an 0-4-4T steam tank locomotive built in 1895 by Sharp, Stewart and Company (works number 4085) for the 4th Duke of Sutherland, and the second of two Scottish engines to carry the name. It replaced a small 2-4-0T from Kitson and Company that had run the Duke's private service since the Duke of Sutherland's Railway opened in 1870. The new engine had 4-foot-6-inch driving wheels and inside cylinders of 13 by 18 inches. It hauled the Duke's two saloon carriages between Dunrobin Castle and Inverness, where they were attached to Highland Railway trains, under running rights that the 3rd Duke had made a condition of financing the extension to Helmsdale. British Railways revoked those rights in 1949 and the engine was sold, passing via the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway and a Canadian owner to the government of British Columbia, which showed it at Fort Steele. Beamish Museum bought it in 2011 and it returned to Britain for restoration to working order at Bridgnorth on the Severn Valley Railway.