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Wednesday 21 September 2016

Southern Railways N15 'Sir Lamiel' Robert Urie and Richard Maunsell

Here seen at the Great Central Railway on my visit
three weeks ago. Part of the National Collection
now preserved and resident at Loughborough.



Leading dia.3 feet 1 inch (0.940 m)
Driver dia.6 feet 7 inches (2.007 m)
Length
66 feet 5

34 inches (20.263 m)
Loco weight80 long tons 19 cwt (181,300 lb or 82.2 t)
Fuel typeCoal
Boiler pressure200 psi (1.38 MPa)
CylindersTwo, outside
Cylinder size
20

12 in × 28 in (520 mm × 710 mm)

Southern Railway 777 Sir Lamiel is an N15 “King Arthur” class 4-6-0 steam locomotive built for the Southern Railway by the North British Locomotive Company in June 1925, and withdrawn from service in October 1961. The locomotive is named after a fictional minor Knight of the Round Table named Lamiel of Cardiff. Lamiel is mentioned in Book XIX of Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, where it is said he was "a great lover".

Many thanks to Wikepedia for the above

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