RMweb Gold rodent279 Posted April 5, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 5, 2018 Can anyone identify this boiler at the back of Didcot Railway Centre? Is it the old Dean Goods boiler that was used as a stationary boiler for years? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall5 Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 I believe so, the 'chimney base' looks like it was a stationary boiler. Ray. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted April 5, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 5, 2018 Possibly an ex 57xx boiler. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rodent279 Posted April 5, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 5, 2018 Possibly an ex 57xx boiler. I think they were interchangable anyway, weren't they? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 I think they were interchangable anyway, weren't they? I don't think they were a direct fit. I seem to remember a bit of an outcry when someone wanted to put one on the pannier that had no boiler, 9629 which was outside the hotel in Wales. They would have had to alter it to fit. Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Corbs Posted April 5, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 5, 2018 I wonder if that was the one which bore a 'Flying Dustbin' headboard many years ago? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castle Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 (edited) Hi All, This is ex Didcot shed stationary boiler and is sadly unidentifiable. The stud at the back where the boiler number is stamped has long since rusted to a state of illegabillity. It’s not a Dean Goods boiler or a Pannier one. Research done by GWS members suggests it intriguingly MIGHT be a boiler from a Barnum 2-4-0 or possibly even a Stella! If it is, it’s quite an important relic... Funnily enough, the Pannier boiler from No. 9629 was bought by the owner of No. 3650 as a spare and spent many years at Didcot but it was never used and has since been sold to the group who are restoring the engine! I hope this helps! All the best, Castle Edited April 7, 2018 by Castle 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rodent279 Posted April 8, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 8, 2018 Hi All, This is ex Didcot shed stationary boiler and is sadly unidentifiable. The stud at the back where the boiler number is stamped has long since rusted to a state of illegabillity. It’s not a Dean Goods boiler or a Pannier one. Research done by GWS members suggests it intriguingly MIGHT be a boiler from a Barnum 2-4-0 or possibly even a Stella! If it is, it’s quite an important relic... Funnily enough, the Pannier boiler from No. 9629 was bought by the owner of No. 3650 as a spare and spent many years at Didcot but it was never used and has since been sold to the group who are restoring the engine! I hope this helps! All the best, Castle Time for a replica Barnum then! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micklner Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 Time for a replica Barnum then! If its a original Boiler that would not be a replica. Far more original metal, than many Locos around now days e.g Scotsman. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dava Posted April 16, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 16, 2018 (edited) There was an enthusiastic young group a few years ago who wanted to build a replica Dean Goods, possibly using this boiler, but nothing heard from them for a while....I don't think anyone has started a replica 0-6-0 goods loco yet, the unsung Cinderellas of the premodernisation railway. Edited April 16, 2018 by Dava Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall5 Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 (edited) There was an enthusiastic young group a few years ago who wanted to build a replica Dean Goods, possibly using this boiler, but nothing heard from them for a while....I don't think anyone has started a replica 0-6-0 goods loco yet, the unsung Cinderellas of the premodernisation railway. There were actually two groups that may have been connected through one particular 'dreamer'. The boiler concerned wasn't the Didcot one but a Dean Goods boiler which the group restoring 9629 had obtained from the KWVR. When they obtained 9629's own boiler from Didcot they put the Dean boiler up for sale. I think it is still available and could provide a good starting point for a group that has the necessary experience to recreate an almost lost class. Ray. Edited April 16, 2018 by Marshall5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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