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Wednesday 8 October 2014

Ivatt class 2 tank locomotive

Below is an old friend on the KWVR. Indeed if
you have followed the blog and read the potted
history of the KWVR it hauled the First Train
along with USA S100 No 72
 
 
Below are some pictures of a 7 1/4 inch gauge
model being built by Trevor Collyer at the Harrogate
Exhibition in 2012

 
Needless to say the workmanship of the model is
superb

 
Precisely replicated to scale

 
As a model engineer myself I very much admire
such high standards and of course a model that
will be a heritage item and a running one for
many years to come. Puts my own Tich and Juliet to shame
 
Trevor Collyer brought his magnificent unpainted Ivatt Class 2T in 7.25” gauge to the Harrogate show in 2012. Starting point was the drawings by Dick Stockings for the BR Standard Class 2T. These were modified to represent the Ivatt design on which the BR locomotive was based. Trevor incorporated detail from a works GA (available from Blackgates Engineering) and photographs of preserved locos at the Keighley & Worth Valley and Mid-Hants railways. Two more are on the Isle of Wight.
Having seen the success of the Prairie tanks on the Great Western, George Ivatt designed a 2-6-2 for the Midland. The 2T was based on the earlier 2-6-2 designed by Stanier, which in turn were based on a Fowler design. They were introduced between 1946 and 1952 and designed for light mixed traffic work. They incorporated self-emptying ash pans and rocking grates.
No 41314 was one of the last batch built at Crewe and one of 30 of the class allocated to the Southern Region.
Click on photos to enlarge.

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