Rusting at Barry before purchase by member of
the K&WVR. My thanks to D Sallery for the
picture at Barry. The others are my own
Now in all its glory at Haworth
Still very much a mainstay of the engine fleet
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Sunday, 22 February 2015
LMS 3-Cylindered Stanier 2-6-4T
No. 2500 was the first of the 37 express passenger tank locomotives designed specifically for the London Tilbury and Southend line of the London Midland & Scottish railway (LMS) as they were too powerful for mixed-traffic work. It was built in 1934 at LMS Crewe works.
LMS Stanier Class 4P 3-Cylinder 2-6-4T is a class of steam locomotive designed for work over the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway. All 37 were built in 1934 at Derby Works and were numbered 2500–2536. The third cylinder was provided to allow increased acceleration between the many stops on the L.T.&S.R. line. From 1935 the LMS switched to constructing a very similar, simpler, 2-cylinder design. In 1941 two of the class had just been released from overhaul from Derby Works at the same time as a Jubilee class 4-6-0 failed in Derby station. The two tanks took over and got the train into St Pancras only 25 minutes late.
'Howarts Hall' ne Olton Hall for Harry Potter fans
here at the NRM York Howarts Hall, better known
Olton Hall of the GWR
Looks good though. No 5972, Olton Hall is better known as
that star of the screen - Hogwarts Castle
My team
Taff Vale Tank 85 the people we need to thank
Here on my visit to Howarth shed, the team working
on the Taffy Tank
Told it should be back on steam later this year
Glad to see the engineers sense of humour still
prevails.
Pickering and the Standard class 4 75029 'The Green Knight'
Just arrived at Pickering with a train from Grosmont
A lovely engine and well matched to the newly
rebuilt 75078 on the K&WVR
We were both blessed and cursed by the rapid demise
of steam on BR. Cursed in that is went so quickly
but blessed that so many almost new locomotives
were disposed of and many saved
Oxenhope and a timeless winters scene
The scene could have been from anytime in the past
Other than the modern cars in the car park of course
That New Years day was bitterly cold
Thankfully there was lovely warm fire in the grate
of the booking hall
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