Kerr Stuart & Co. Skylark Class

The Skylark class were a series of 0-4-2T narrow-gauge steam locomotives that were constructed by Kerr, Stuart & Co. for narrow gauge railways across the United Kingdom and overseas. 
==History==
Skylark class locomotives began to be produced by Kerr Stuart & Co. in the mid to late 1890s, originally designed for railways and even some light railways/tramways overseas. Though they became somewhat popular for British use at the turn of the century. A large number of Skylark locomotives were exported to Mauritius for use on sugar plantations and ford use at Hadfields East Hecla steelworks in Sheffield, England. 
The last Skylarks were manufactured around the mid 1910s, when the company became defunct in 1930 as a result of dodgy dealings most of the designs including the Skylark were sold to the Hunslet Engine Co. of Leeds, Yorkshire, however the Skylark was not added to their catalogue. 
==Preservation==
Two examples are known to still exist:
* Works No. 742 of 1901 named Lukee is currently operational on the Red Cliffs Historical Steam Railway in Victoria, Australia.
* Works Nos. 813, 814, or 1360 of 1903 or 1915 which is displayed outside in Mauritius where it worked on the Beau Sejour sugar cane plantation.
==Stock List==
Image	Loco Name 	Works No. 	Build date	Operator(s) 	Status 	Notes
 	- 	117 	1896 	Jardine Matheson & Co., Yokohama, Japan 	Scrapped 	
 	No. 1 Mexico 	126 	1897 	Tlahvalilo cotton estate, Mexico 	Scrapped 	
 	No. 2 Espana 	127 	1897 	Tlahvalilo cotton estate, Mexico 	Scrapped 	
 	Pioneer 	636 	1898 	Contractor Francis Allen, Tunis, Tunisia 	Scrapped 	
 	Princess 	717 	1900 	C&MLR Colliery Railway
Campbeltown & Machrihanish Light Railway (C&MLR)	Scrapped 	Used as spare parts for the C&MLR's Chevalier and scrapped.
 	- 	718 	1900 	Westonia Firewood Co., Western Australia 	Unknown 	Originally operated on the Peak Hill Tramway with No. 739.
 	- 	739 	1900 	Peak Hill Goldfields Ltd., Western Australia 	Scrapped 	
 	No. 2 	740 	1900 	Sugar plantation/ St. Lucia,, West Indies 	Scrapped 	
 	Lord Roberts 	741 	1900 	Carnanee Quarry, Portrush, Northern Ireland 	Scrapped 	Originally sold to A. Kellett of Frankley, Worcestershire, England.
 	Lukee 	742 	1901 	Red Cliffs Historical Steam Railway 	Operational 	
 	Rajah 	743 	1901 	Martin & Co., Calcutta, India 	Scrapped 	
 	Rafaela 	744 	1901 	Unknown, Madrid, Spain 	Scrapped 	
 	No. 2 Anie 	753 	1902 	PWD Subiaco Sewerage Works, Western Australia 	Unknown 	Originally operated on the Kalgoorlie & Boulder Firewood Co. Beria tramway.
 	- 	796 	1902 	Unknown, Singapore. 	Scrapped 	
 	McDonald 	797 	1903 	Unknown, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. 	Scrapped 	
 	- 	798 	1902 	Mauritius plantation. 	Scrapped 	
 	No. 1 	799 	1902 	L. P. P. Co. Ltd., Talara, Peru. 	Scrapped 	
 	Gwalia 	801 	1902 	Sons of Gwalia Ltd., Western Australia. 	Scrapped 	
 	No. 2 Skylark 	802 	1902 	Lovatt & Co., Hartington, Derbyshire, England 	Scrapped 	Later sold to Snailbeach District Railway in 1923, and scrapped by them in 1950.
 	Skylark 	803 	1902 	G. F. Norton & Co., Lisbon, Portugal 	Scrapped 	
 	- 	811 	1903 	Smeed Dean Brickworks, Sittingbourne, Kent, England 	Scrapped 	
 	Dolcoath (1) 	812 	1903 	Dolcoath mine, Cambourne, Cambridgeshire, England 	Scrapped 	
 	No. 1/2/3 Beau Sejour	813/814/1360	1903/1915 	Beau Sejour sugar estate. 	Plinthed in Mauritius	Exact identity unknown. One of three possibilities.
 	No. 1 	824 	1903 	Mauritius plantation. 	Scrapped 	
 	No. 5 	825 	1907 	Hadfields East Hecla Steel Steelworks, Sheffield, England	Scrapped 	
 	St. Antoine (1) 	826 	1903 	Mauritius plantation. 	Scrapped 	
 	- 	835 	1903 	Mauritius plantation. 	Scrapped 	
 	No. 4 St Antoine (2) 	864 	1910 	Mauritius plantation. 	Scrapped 	
 	Pieterboth 	865 	1910 	Mauritius plantation. 	Scrapped 	
 	Beau Vallon 	866 	1910 	Mauritius plantation. 	Scrapped 	
 	Dolcoath (2) 	1169 	1911 	Dolcoath mine, Cambourne, Cambridgeshire, England 	Scrapped 	
 	- 	1170 	1910 	Mauritius plantation. 	Scrapped 	
 	No. 3 San Souci 	1171 	1910 	Mauritius plantation. 	Scrapped 	
 	No. 2 La Baraque 	1199 	1910 	Mauritius plantation. 	Scrapped 	
 	Hawk 	1213 	1914 	Harbury Cement Works 	Scrapped 	Sold to Holborough Cement Co.
 	No. 1458 	 	 	Hadfields East Hecla Steel Steelworks, Sheffield, England	Scrapped 	
 	No. 1459 	 	 	Hadfields East Hecla Steel Steelworks, Sheffield, England	Scrapped 	
 	No. 2140 	 	 	Hadfields East Hecla Steel Steelworks, Sheffield, England	Scrapped 	
 	No. 2386 	 	1913 	Hadfields East Hecla Steel Steelworks, Sheffield, England	Scrapped 	
 	Henri 	1201 	1913 	Mauritius plantation. 	Scrapped 	
 	No. 4223 	 	 	Hadfields East Hecla Steel Steelworks, Sheffield, England	Scrapped 	
 	No. 4 Alma 	1358 	1914 	Mauritius plantation. 	Scrapped 	
 	- 	1359 	1914 	Mauritius plantation. 	Scrapped 	
 	No. 3033 	2424 	1915 	Hadfields East Hecla Steel Steelworks, Sheffield, England	Scrapped 	
 	No. 3034 	2425 	1915 	Hadfields East Hecla Steel Steelworks, Sheffield, England	Scrapped 	
 	- 	2426 	1915 	Hadfields East Hecla Steel Steelworks, Sheffield, England	Scrapped 	
 	- 	2427 	1915 	Hadfields East Hecla Steel Steelworks, Sheffield, England	Scrapped 	
 	- 	2478 	1915 	Hadfields East Hecla Steel Steelworks, Sheffield, England	Scrapped 	
 	- 	2479 	1915 	Hadfields East Hecla Steel Steelworks, Sheffield, England	Scrapped 	
 	- 	2480 	1915 	Hadfields East Hecla Steel Steelworks, Sheffield, England	Scrapped 	
 	- 	2481 	1915 	Hadfields East Hecla Steel Steelworks, Sheffield, England	Scrapped 	
==Gallery==
* Gallery
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