- Stark and Fulton
Stark and Fulton was an engineering company in
Glasgow ,Scotland .Little is known about the company except that it built some of the first steam locomotives for the
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway and theMidland Counties Railway around1840 . For about four months, D B Stark was a loco superintendent of the former line.Those for the GPK&AR were "Stuart" and "Bute". They were probably similar to those for the MCR and of the
2-2-0 "Bury" type. The MCR locos were "Hawk," "Vulture" and "Eagle, " with 5'6" driving wheels 5'6" and cylinders 12"x18".These were supplied in
1839 and four more were supplied to the GPK&R in1840 : "Mercury (No 1)," "Mazeppa (No 2)," "Wallace" and "Queen."In
1849 , they supplied one of2-2-2 formation for use on theCaledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway , which later became part of theEdinburgh and Glasgow Railway .References
* Lowe, J.W., (1989) "British Steam Locomotive Builders," Guild Publishing
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