All aboard
1300 rests
Southern tank 65 Bolton Abbey bound
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Friday 10 May 2013
L&Y 1300 serviced between turns at Embsay
A mucky job we all know.
Cleaning the char from the smokebox
Clean, watered and ready for the next turn
Thursday 9 May 2013
Austerity 2-8-0 90733 on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway
Riddles Austerity 2-8-0
Back in steam after major overhaul
Good to see this engine back
Some called em 'ugly ducklings' but they did a job when needed
And still do
Monday 6 May 2013
Aspinall 0-6-0. If it ain't nostalgia I don't know what is
Backs off at Embsay for disposal
It was under Hughes that the class became the subject of
early experiments in superheating. This was the process of increasing the
temperature of the steam produced in the boiler so the minimum of energy was
lost. After many months of trails a further 20 superheated engines were
authorised to be built and the first of these superheated class 27's emerged
from Horwich Works in 1909. The superheated 27's retained the boiler pressure
of the originals (180 psi). This first batch had round topped boilers but in
1912 a second batch of 20 was constructed with Belpaire fireboxes.
Although the class was augmented by a further 60 engines between 1900 and 1909 with another ten added in 1917-18. The final five built reverted entirely to the original 1889 specification. It is a tribute to the soundness usefulness and simple practicality of Aspinall's design that some 300 of the class passed into the hands of the LMS and around 50 were still in British Railways service as late as the summer of 1960.
Although the class was augmented by a further 60 engines between 1900 and 1909 with another ten added in 1917-18. The final five built reverted entirely to the original 1889 specification. It is a tribute to the soundness usefulness and simple practicality of Aspinall's design that some 300 of the class passed into the hands of the LMS and around 50 were still in British Railways service as late as the summer of 1960.
Many thanks to http://www.ribblesteam.org.uk for the above text.
Pictures as always by me
L&Y 1300 on branch line duties
A real blast from the past
Though definitely Midland, the Yorkshire Dales Railways
hosted a branch line weekend with authenticity
1300 was in superb condition
Well done YDR.
L&Y 1300 0-6-0 at Embsay
Yesterday at Embsay saw a plethora of Locos
For me the star was L&Y 1300
The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) Class
27 0-6-0 steam locomotive designed for freight work.
They were designed by John Aspinall and 484 were built between 1889 - 1918 at Horwich works. The Class 27 was the standard goods engine of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway. Aspinall opted for the two cylinder format with a non superheated round top boiler. Joy's configuration of valve gear was employed. By the time of Aspinall's departure from the L&YR in 1899 over 400 of these simple but powerful engines had been built. More were built under his successor Henry Hoy and George Hughes, albeit with some modifications. By 1918 the class totalled 484
They were designed by John Aspinall and 484 were built between 1889 - 1918 at Horwich works. The Class 27 was the standard goods engine of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway. Aspinall opted for the two cylinder format with a non superheated round top boiler. Joy's configuration of valve gear was employed. By the time of Aspinall's departure from the L&YR in 1899 over 400 of these simple but powerful engines had been built. More were built under his successor Henry Hoy and George Hughes, albeit with some modifications. By 1918 the class totalled 484
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