I am informed 45305 is to be repainted
as LMS 5305
Will that be black lined out I wonder
or are we in for a surprise
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Thursday, 25 September 2014
Wednesday, 24 September 2014
Lest we forget
Conflict is always with us somewhere and in these
days of further conflict it is right to remember the
sacrifice made in WW1 and WW2 for the freedoms
we enjoy
Everyday scenes in the 1940's
Yes the kids did find it all a bit of a game other
than those directly affected due to bombing or
displacement as evacuees.
The railways were crucial in the effort
Both moving men and supplies
During the early dark days when invasion was a
real possibility the stations were fortified
I well remember and older colleague telling me
that war was a very boring business with from
time to time spurts of deadly activity
Lets us be thankful for the freedoms we enjoy
Wartime on the railways Embsay Station
Very atmospheric
The uniforms make it
Very realistic they were
An everyday scene in the 1940's
L&Y Pug
One of the first locomotives purchased by the new
KWVR it did sterling work in the early days
Now an exhibit at the Oxenhope exhibition hall
GWR 6619 rests at Embsay
Tea break for the crew between runs
The 5600 Class was specially designed for work in South Wales, replacing the elderly, worn-out locomotives that had been 'inherited' in 1923, when the smaller railway companies were forcibly merged into the GWR at The Grouping. Contrary to this trend, the Rhymney Railway's more modern 0-6-2s were in generally good order and had proved successful. Thus they became the blueprint for the 56xx.
The first of five R class locos was re-boilered by the GWR in 1926 and a single M class was upgraded in 1930. In this form, both were visually almost indistinguishable from the 56 Class.
The design of the 5600 Class followed Great Western Railway practice as far as possible, by utilising many standardised parts. Included in Collett's innovations was a Standard Number 2 boiler which was suitable for the 5600 Class, and the M and R class Rhymney locomotives, complete with the traditional brass GWR safety valve casing and copper-capped chimney.
They were substantial sized tank engines, 37 ft 6ins in length and weighing 62 tons. The side tanks were capable of holding 1900 gallons of water. The high domed cab, bunker and tanks were closely related to the 31xx and 42xx classes. One hundred of the class were built at the GWR workshops in Swindon from 1924-1927.
In 1927 another 100 similar engines were constructed – these were slightly heavier and numbered in the 66xx series. Nos 6600-6649 were Swindon-built in 1927-1928, but due to the pressure of work 6650-6699 were built by Armstrong Whitworth in 1928. This resulted in some minor design differences from the Swindon locomotives.
My thanks to Wikipedia for the above.
GWR 5101 class
Here 4106 rests at Minehead
Known as Large Prairies they were built for suburban
and local passenger services all over the Great Western
Railway system. The class was an updated version,
by Collett, of Churchward's 1903 3100/5100 Class.
GWR 6619 at Embsay station on the Yorkshire Dales Railway
A lovely engine and with as has been commented
on in National-Preservation.com what sounds like
an A4 chime whistle
It was always great to go along to the YDR and see
this loco on duty
I used to visit family in a small suburb of Cardiff
as a youngster and you could always see this class
around there as they were the Great Westerns answer
the poor motive power on the South Wales lines when
they took them over in 1924. There were a good many
of the 5600 class built to serve this coal trade
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