The early Jinty 0-6-0

A reproduction of that early 0-6-0

 

 

And of course the midlands consummate product.

 

I well remember getting one of these for Christmas

Merry Christmas to all my readers

A scene from what seems like long ago

 

Midland railway jinty precursor

Picture found relating to Barnoldswick then in Yorkshire

 

 

I believe it to be on of the Samuel Johnson class of

shunting tank engines of 1874. The addition of rear

windshield must have been in recognition of the

harsh conditions found in that area between Lancs

and Yorkshire.

 

This was S.W.Johnson’s first design after coming to the Midland Railway in 1873, 25 of these engines were built initially by Neilson & Co in 1874-5, and another fifteen by the Vulcan Foundry in 1875-6.  Many more followed from Derby between 1878 and 1893, and still further batches from outside builders until 1899, by which time the class totalled 280 engines.  Previous to 1907 their numbers were somewhat scattered, but in that year they became Nos. 1620-1899.  A further sixty engines of a slightly larger version came from the Vulcan Foundry from 1899 to 1902, numbered 1900-59.  Many of these were fitted with condensing apparatus for working over the ‘widened’ lines of the Metropolitan Railway, and these consequently spent a lot pf their working lives in the London area.  The MR had evidently by 1902 a sufficient stock of shunting tank engines, and no more were built by that company, but the design in a slightly improved form reappeared again under LMS auspices as one of their standard types, of which no less than 415 were built between 1924 and 1931, as well as a further seven for the Somerset and Dorset Railway, which engines later became merged into LMS stock.
During the 1930s Nos. 1900-59 were renumbered 7200-59.  All of the Midland engines at first carried Johnson’s distinctive boiler with the Salter safety valve in the dome, but most of the later ones to survive, and all of the 1900-59 batch, gradually acquired Belpaire type boilers.  The earlier engines had only half section cabs, which some retained even after rebuilding with Belpaire boilers.  All lasted until the early 1920s, when they began to be taken out of service, but nevertheless 95 of the original series, and all of the ‘1900’ Class, survived to be taken into BR stock and to have their numbers increased by 40000.  No. 41661 built on 1878, was in service until 1959, when there remained also a few others of the pre-1900 series, including No. 41835, still with its Johnson boiler. Whilst about half of the 47200-59 lot were still running, as were nearly all of the LMS built engines, whose numbers range from 47200-47681. Nos. 7260-7309 were originally 7100-49 and 7317-7681 first came out as 16400-16764, whilst 7210-16 had been S&DJR 19-25.
 Dimensions
 Original series – Driving wheels – 4’ 7”,  Cylinders – 17”x 24”,  Pressure – 140 lb.,  Tractive effort – 15007 lb.,  Weight – 39 tons 11 cwt.,  BR Classification – 1F

Many thanks to Chasewater for the above details.

 

Thankfully one has managed to survive into preservation

 

 

Some of the class

worked at the Stavely iron works

 

And so avoided the cutters torch

 

Though a rebuilt engine with belpair firebox

 

 

41708 now preserved. This picture was taken before

the cab was made a full cab. Once again one of the

later rebuilds with Belpair firebox and indeed

 some were converted to full cabs.  

 

 

LMS 'Princess Margaret Rose'

Leaving Liverpool Lime St

 

 

I went to university in Liverpool and well remember

run up to Edge Hill. The pull out of Lime St was a hard

one with a heavy express train.

Large Mill engine

Her a typical Mill engine still to be found running

in the fiftties and sixties

 

 

Industrial steam, Mill engines

Of course steam was not only about locomotion

and traction. I was born and brought up in

Worsteadopolis, otherwise known as

The City of Bradford. Where

Wool and the steam used

to process and make

Woolen cloth

was King

 

 

I well remember one Mill on my route home from school

had an engine room close to the path along which I went

on my journey to and from school. I have lingered many

moments watching the engine

St Davids station Exeter

Another mile post on journeys to the south west

 

 

Exeter St Davids as always a place to see lots of

GWR loco's

Saltash

A view I well remember. The Albert Bridge was

always a highlight of any holiday journey

 

 

Even though this was behind a Diesel

Royal Albert bridge

Built to span the river Tamar between Devon and

Cornwall, the Albert bridge (named after Queen Victoria's consort)

 

 

High enough to allow the transit of naval vessels.

Generous enough in width for broad gauge trains

GWR 2-8-0 Maid of all work

Stanier was of course Swindon trained and the

similarities between his standards and the GWR

standards were very similar indeed.

 

 

Stanier however did not have the benefit of a railway

built for broad gauge reduced to standard gauge. The

GWR had and it was obvious in the size of outside

cylinders that could be used. Platform clearances

were far more generous.

LMS Black Five

Class Five mixed traffic locomotive of the LMS

 

 

Very much a partner of the Jubilees, often standing in

 for them on trains where high speed was not of the

essence though they could make a good turn

when asked.

Fairlie Locomotives and how they work

The little railways of Wales are excellent places

to view Fairlie locomotives

 

 

How they work

Charing Cross in Edwardian times

A real old gem here. Charing Cross underground

station in late Victorian or Edwardian days

 

Peppercorns A1

Never saved so a new one was built. Peppercorns

A1

Tornado was the first brand new steam locomotive

of the 21st century

 

Superb machines in their day

SR Schools class

Not for reasons of personal memory but simply

admiration of a superb locomotive. Richard

Maunsel's 'Schools' Class were a class apart

 

Bradford Foster Sq station

Previously known as Bradford Market St station

 

 

Bradford was for me always a Midland or LMS

town. The first station was Market St which was

the first connection between Leeds and Bradford.

The Bradford and Leeds Railways was soon taken

over by the Midland railway which had access to

Leeds and so the relationship was born. Built in

the area of the town known as Little Bermondsey,

 the original Market St Station was a little to the

west and north, roughly where the Midland Hotel

main acom block stands in this picture. Little

Bermondsey and its associated Margerison

Square was a slum and under the clearances

of the mid 19th century following the 1849

50 and 51 Cholera epidemics, was demolished,

making way for the new Midland station

Whale 4-6-0 inside two cylinder 4F-D

Again the similarity of thinking between Crewe

and Horwich is apparent. Whales 4F-D 

 

Introduced 1908. Whale LNWR "19-inch Goods".
  Rebuilt with Belpaire boiler.

Weight:
Loco 63 tons 0 cwt Driving Wheel: 5' 2?"
Boil Press: 175lb/sq in NS
Cylinders: Two Valve Gear: Joy (piston valves)
19" x 26" (inside) TE: 22,340 lb

 

 

The 4F-D was a freight engine which could well

serve on passenger trains too notably excursion

work and special running where a conventional

passenger loco was not available.

Hughes L&Y 4-6-0 passenger engine

I have always been struck by the similarities between

the Lancashire and Yorkshire locomotives and the LNWR

designs such as the Claughton's of a similar period. Of

course the LNWR and the L&Y amalgamated before

the 1924 great grouping, having amalgamated on 1st

of January 1922.

 

 

Crewe and Horwich must have had some amazing

second sight or more realistically joint thinking

Above the Hughes 4-6-0 three cylinder passenger

locomotive built for the fast trans Pennine services

of the L&Y

 

It compares well with the Claughton class four cylinder

4-6-0 of the LNWR.

LMS Royal Scot class 'The Boy Scout'

Doubtless the Chief scout of the day

 

LMS 0-6-0 Jinty

The very popular Triang Rovex model of the Jinty

which so many of us played with in the fifties and

sixties. For many the budget set was a first model

Railway

 

LNER

My dad had an MG before the war, he always blamed

Hitler for losing him a fortune as he sold it cheap on

the outbreak of war

 

Steam Traction

As you know both forms of steam traction form

important memories for me.

 

More railways art

All part of the childhood memories

 

 

It was an idealised image

 

But it rang many bells

 

 

And nit just the trains

N2 Tanks GNR

Often seen on the Queensbury lines, lost count of the

number of times I have travelled behind one unknowingly

 

 

Though this one is probably a Kings Cross based

loco as it has condensing gear for running through

tunnels

The Queensbury lines GNR

 

Wilsden Station. Wilsden was the home of my

Mothers paternal side of the family the Pickles

 

South portal of Queensbury Tunnel.

 

Thornton Station, The village where I was born

 

Another view of Wilsden station

GWR Torquay station

The station at Torquay had changed very little from

this early twentieth century photograph

 

Weston Super Mare poster

We always visited Weston on the steamer.

It was a good 45min trip across from Cardiff

 

 

Illfracombe was better though

Nearly two hours and out of sight of

 land for just a little bit

LMS Black Five

Black fives along with Jubilee's were the order of the day

 

 

The Devonian

Railway posters

My favourite places for Holidays as a child

 

 

We had family in Wales, just outside Cardiff and

many very happy holidays were spent down there

The highlights used to be the train ride down and

Steamer trips to places down the Bristol Channel

That was where I got my love of the sea and ships

 

Torquay meant the long run on the Devonian

LMS to Temple meads and GWR on to Devon

Ohh how the memories spring to life

LMS Jubilee class Locomotive

Undoubtedly my favourite of the LMS stable in my

childhood was the Jubilee. Many happy holidays began

behind one of this class of locomotives which pulled

the Devonian from Bradford to Bristol where the GWR

took over for the run to Torquay or Paignton

 

LMS Royal Scot Class.

The break with the Midland small engine policy

culminated in the Royal Scot Class. Designed to run

non stop between Euston and Crewe with heavy Scots

expresses.  

 

 

The for runner of this engine was the Patriots whose

genealogy has been discussed before

LMS Coronation class or 'Duchesses'

The ultimate steam locomotive by the LMS was od

course the Coronation class or 'Duchesses as they were

affectionately known