Dodds Horsley Star (locomotive)

Star wani jirgin ƙasa ne da Isaac Dodds ya tsara na tsarin 2-2-0 kuma aka gina shi a shekarar 1833 a Horsley Coal &amp; Iron Company, Tipton, Birmingham, Ingila.Lowe (2014), p. 337. Duk da sake gina shi, bai taɓa samun nasara ba, kuma an lalata shi a shekarar 1840.Lowe (2014), p. 337.

 Tarihi 
Isaac Dodds ya fara aiki da Kamfanin Horsely Iron a lokacin bazara na 1832, kuma da alama yana da sauƙin sauƙaƙe oda daga ko'ina cikin Tsibirin Burtaniya.Snell (1921), p. 24. A shekara ta 1833, Kamfanin Jirgin Ƙasa na Liverpool da Manchester, wani babban kamfanin aikin layin dogo na wancan lokacin, ya buɗe gasa don sabon ƙirar jirgin ƙasa. Shigar da Dodd ya tsara ta Horsley ta alama ita ce mafi kyau, tare da sabbin sabbin abubuwa da aka yi iƙirarin sun haɗa da firam ɗin farantin zamiya, faɗaɗa faranti na haɗin boiler a ƙarshen akwatin wuta, da silinda masu kwance da aka sanya a waje da firam ɗin.Snell (1921), p. 24. An fara gwada Tauraron Jirgin Ƙasa da aka samu a kan Jirgin Ƙasa na Liverpool da Manchester (L&MR).Lowe (2014), p. 337.

 Liverpool da Manchester 
Wani mummunan hatsari ya faru a kan L&MR lokacin da aka saita maki ba daidai ba kuma Star ta yi karo da inda ta bar duka biyun sun lalace sosai, wani injin ya mutu, da kuma wani makaniki da ƙafarsa ta murƙushe.Donaghy (1972), p. 125. Hatsarin ya faru ne a kusa da Fabrairu/Maris 1835 da L&MR, yayin da suke son biyan kuɗi don gyara ba su shirya siyan Star ba. 

 Dublin da Kingstown 
Daga baya Dublin da Kingstown Railway (D&KR) suka sayi Star a watan Afrilun 1835.Lowe (2014), p. 337. Kafin a buɗe layin, daraktocin D&KR sun sami shawara daga masu ba su shawara kan adadin jiragen ƙasa da ake buƙata don layinsu. Kamar yadda Rastrick ya ƙayyade huɗu kuma Charles Blacker Vignoles ya ba da shawarar cewa daraktocin takwas sun amince da matsakaicin shida,Murray (1981), p. 178. kodayake D&KR daga baya sun amince da tara.Bergin (1841), pp. 213−214.Murray (1981), p. 181. Haɗarin jiragen ƙasa biyu a watan Maris na 1835 tare da matsalolin kulawa da ke ci gaba da faruwa ya bar D&KR da ƙarancin wutar lantarki. A watan Mayu na 1835, Pollock, wakilin mamallakin Star Horlseys, ya ba da tayin jirgin ƙasa don ƙara yawan kayansu. Magatakardar Kamfanin D&KR Bergin shi ma injiniya ne kuma a Ingila a lokacin, kuma ya ba da shawarar siyan Star ; a ƙarshe an karɓi tayin £700.Murray (1981), p. 181.

Star ta isa Ireland a watan Satumba na 1835.Murray (1981), p. 181. Injin ba shi da tsari mai kyau tare da tayoyi marasa aminci, sandunan lanƙwasa da kayan aikin bawul da aka gyara ba daidai ba, kuma a lokacin da aka duba Bergin ya ce D&KR ba za ta biya shi ba har sai an kammala gwaje-gwajen gyara da karɓa.Murray (1981), p. 184. An kammala biyan kuɗi a watan Disamba na 1836.

An ba wa shugaban kula da manyan motoci John Melling ƙarin kuɗi a watan Fabrairun 1838 saboda sake gina Star . Duk da haka, Star ta fuskanci matsala guda biyar, ɗaya da karyewar gatari, har sai da ta yi karo da motar Victoria a watan Yunin 1840. Binciken ya nuna cewa akwai tsadar gyara sosai, wanda ya ta'azzara rashin isasshen gyare-gyare a baya da kuma wasu sassa da suka lalace.Murray (1981), p. 184. An lalata Star daga baya a wannan shekarar,Lowe (2014), p. 337.Lyons (2015), p. 83.

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