Steam Memories

Friday, 26 September 2014

Ivatt 41241 nicely posed

This is my favourite viewing spot

Having now crossed over 41241 backs down

http://www.kwvr.co.uk/

Ivatt Tank 41241 KWVR

Having run around and taken water 41241 now

prepares to cross over and run back down onto

its train at Keighley station

Must now be in workshops so hopefully soon back

in steam. I know you got a lot to do.

Don't forget the steam spectacular in a fortnights time

check at

http://www.kwvr.co.uk/

Great Central Railway

The old and the new.

An 8F LMS goods loco in crimson might be a bit

of a contradiction, but what they heck.

Great Central Railway diesels

What looks like a class 20. This was a past visit

to the Great central Railway at Loughborough

The British Rail (BR) Class 20, otherwise known as an English Electric Type 1, is a class of diesel-electric locomotive. In total, 228 locomotives in the class were built by English Electric between 1957 and 1968, the large number being in part because of the failure of other early designs in the same power range to provide reliable locomotives.
The locomotives were originally numbered D8000–D8199 and D8300–D8327. They are known by railway enthusiasts as "Choppers", a name derived from the distinctive beat that the engine produced when under load which resembles the sound of a helicopter.

The Class 45s, as they were to become known, were built between 1960 and 1962 at the British Railways works at Crewe and Derby and totalled 126 engines. They were externally similar to the earlier ten Class 44s but with a Sulzer 12 cylinder 12LDA28B engine uprated to 2500 hp. They were intended for express passenger work. The Class 44s were named after English and Welsh peaks and they, and the Class 45s, became known as “Peaks”. In fact a small number of Class 45s were named after British Army Regiments using names formally carried by the LMS Royal Scot steam locomotives.

Is it a Sulzer Brush diesel behind 123, tell me what you think

There's always a DMU somewhere

Many thanks to the Great Central Railway and

Wikepedia for the notes

Minehead on a quiet day

The Great Western Railway 4900 Class or Hall Class is a class of 4-6-0 mixed traffic steam locomotives designed by Charles Collett. A total of 259 were built, numbered 4900–4999, 5900–5999 and 6900–6958. The LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 and LNER Thompson Class B1 both drew heavily on design features of the Hall Class. After nationalisation in 1948, British Railways gave them the power classification 5MT.

Designed by G.J. Churchward for heavy freight work. They were the first 2-8-0 class in Great Britain.The prototype, originally numbered 97 but later renumbered 2800, appeared in 1903.Construction of the production series commenced in 1905 and continued until 1919.

The 2884 Class which appeared in 1938–1942 was developed from the 2800 class and

is sometimes classified with it.

9351 'mogul' 2-6-0

Great Western locomotives were built from a range of standardised components, which were assembled in different ways to suit different traffic needs. The basic parts of the 'large prairie' 2-6-2Ts were considered at different times as being the possible basis of a small 2-6-0 'mogul', but this was never followed through. 5101 Class number 5193 was purchased by the WSR in 1998 when its owners were unable to complete its restoration after its rescue from Barry in 1979. Because of the degree of work needed to restore it as a tank locomotive, and because a small tender locomotive was thought more useful on the lengthy railway, it was decided in 2000 to convert it to this mooted 2-6-0. Work was completed in 2004 when it appeared in plain GWR green livery.

Most grateful to Wikipedia for the above notes