Jersey Eastern 0-4-2 Locomotives in Great_Britain

Class Caesarea (Locobase 20290)

Data from "The Railways of the Channel Islands--The Jersey Eastern Railway, Ltd", Locomotive Magazine, Volume 20 (14 March 1914) pp. 83. Works numbers were 1832-1833 in 1872.

Unlike the Jersey Railways Company, the Jersey Eastern always operated as a standard-gauge railway. The main line opened from St Helier (also the starting point for the JRC) to Grouville and ultimately to Gorey Pier in May 1891. At that point, the outer point, which lay at the base of Mont Orgueil Castle, was 6 3/8 miles (10 km) from St Helier.

Also unlike the JRC, the JER's motive power put its coupled axles first. Delivered with Naylor safety valves, Caesarea and sister Calvados received the more common Ramsbottom valve design in 1899.

Class Carteret (Locobase 20292)

Data from "The Railways of the Channel Islands--The Jersey Eastern Railway, Ltd", Locomotive Magazine, Volume 20 (14 March 1914) pp. 83. Works numbers were 1832-1833 in 1872.

The last of the four Kitson locomotives essentially repeated most of the specs of the first two (Locobase 20290) while adopting the larger boiler diameter and tank capacity of the third (Locobase 20291).

Carteret's name celebrated the French port that lay 14 miles (23 km) from Gorey Point and could be reached by steamer in 80 minutes.

Class Mont Orgueil (Locobase 20291)

Data from "The Railways of the Channel Islands--The Jersey Eastern Railway, Ltd", Locomotive Magazine, Volume 20 (14 March 1914) pp. 83. Works numbers were 1832-1833 in 1872.

The third locomotive delivered to the Jersey Eastern was fourteen years newer and slightly larger than the first two (Locobase 20290). Named for the famous castle at the end of the line, the Mont Orgueil had a new boiler and firebox.