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  1. Dan's List of Main Line Locomotives sold to Industry.
    'Main line' company locos sold into industrial or light railway service

    Here are locomotives by class (That I know of - I will add more when I find out about others).

     

    Caledonian Railway 782 Class:

    CR No. ? - Wemyss Private Railway No. 21

     

    Furness Railway Class A5:

    FR No. 20 - Barrow Haematite Steel Company No. 7

    FR No. 25 - Barrow Haematite Steel Company No. 17

     

    G&SWR 5 Class:

    LMS No. 16378 - Hatfield Colliery (Credit @Blandford1969)

    LMS No. 16379 - Llay Main Colliery - Only preserved G&SWR Locomotive (Credit @Blandford1969)

     

    G&SWR 45 Class:

    LMS No. 16410 - Sir Robert McAlpine & Sons No. 80 (Credit @Blandford1969)

    LMS No. 16403 - Sir Robert McAlpine & Sons No. 81 (Credit @Blandford1969)

    LMS No. 16404 - Ashington Coal Company No. 1 (Credit @Blandford1969)

    LMS No. 16908 - Ashington Coal Company No. 2 (Credit @Blandford1969)

     

    GNR Class 18:

    GNR No. 58A - JF Wake, Darlington

     

    GNR Class G2 0-4-4BT:

    GNR No. 250A - JF Wake, Darlington

     

    GWR 1600 Class:

    GWR No. 1600 - NCB Risca (Credit @Marshall5)

    GWR No. 1607 - NCB (Credit @Marshall5)

     

    GWR 5700 Class:

    GWR No. 3650 - P.D. Fuels / Stephenson Clarke Ltd

    GWR No. 9642 - Hayes Scrapyard

    GWR No. 7752 - London Transport No. L94

    GWR No. 7715 - London Transport No. L99

    GWR No. 5786 - London Transport No. L92

    GWR No. 5775 - London Transport No. L89

    GWR No. 5764 - London Transport No. L95

    GWR No. 7714 - NCB Penallta (Credit @Marshall5)

    GWR No. 7754 - NCB Mountain Ash (Credit @Marshall5)

    GWR No. 9600 - NCB Merthyr Vale (Credit @Marshall5)

    GWR No. 9692 - NCB Mardy (Credit @Marshall5)

    GWR No. 9424 - Open Cast Site (Credit @Marshall5)

    GWR No. 9480 - Scrap Merchants lifting RS&B line (Credit @Marshall5)

     

    LB&SCR E1 0-6-0T:

    LB&SCR No. 107 "Alderny" - Hartley Main Colliery No. 30

    LB&SCR No. 110 "Burgundy" - Cannock Wood Colliery No. 9

     

    LB&SCR L2 Class:

    LB&SCR No. 13 - Longmoor Military Railway WD No. 72400 "Earl Roberts"

    LB&SCR No. 19 - Longmoor Military Railway WD No. 72401

     

    LB&SCR A1 Class:

    LB&SCR A1 Class No. 43 "Gypsyhill" - WC&PLR No. 2 "Portishead"

    LB&SCR A1 Class No. 53 "Ashtead" - WC&PLR No. 4

    LB&SCR A1 Class No. 70 "Poplar" - K&ESR No. 3 "Rolvenden"

    LB&SCR A1 Class No. 71 "Wapping" - K&ESR No. 5 "Bodiam"

    LB&SCR A1 Class No. 72 'Fenchurch' - Newhaven Harbour Company - I do not know her number.

    LB&SCR A1 Class No. 73 "Deptford" - EHLR No. 1

    LB&SCR A1 Class No. 74 "Shadwell" - EHLR No. 2

    LB&SCR A1 Class No. 83 "Earlswood" - S&MLR No. 9 "Daphne"

     

    LB&SCR D1 0-4-2T:

    LB&SCR No. 357 "Riddlestown" - Whittingham Asylum Railway No. 1 "James Fryers" (Credit @Tom Burnham)

     

    LMS Jinty:

    LMS No. 7445 - British Oak (NCB), I do not know her number.

     

    LNWR Class 71 2-4-2T:

    LNWR No.2496 / D&SER No. 61 "Earl of Wicklow" - Cramlington Coal Co No. 14

     

    LNER Y7:

    BR No. 68089 - Sold to contractor rebuilding Morecambe sea wall 1952 scrapped on site afterwards. (Credit @Marshall5)

     

    LSWR Class B4:

    LSWR No. 96 "Normandy" - Southampton coal depot "Corrall Queen" - I do not know her number.

    LSWR No. 99 - DR Zeiler, Swansea then to Stewart & Lloyds, Bilston, I do not know her number.

    LSWR No. 100 - DR Zeiler, Swansea then to Stewart & Lloyds, Bilston (Names "Sussex"), I do not know her number.

    LSWR No. 176 "Guernsey" - DR Zeiler, Swansea then to Stewart & Lloyds, Bilston, I do not know her number.

     

    LSWR 282 Class:

    LSWR No. 283 - S&MLR No. 6 "Thisbe"

    LSWR No. 324 - S&MLR No. 3 "Hesperus"

    LSWR No. 349 - K&ESR No.7 "Rother"

    LSWR No. 394 - EKLR No. 3

     

    M&GNR 4-4-0T:

    M&GNR No. 10 - Longmoor Military Railway "Kingsley", I do not know her number. Longest surviving M&GNR Locomotive.

     

    NER Fletcher Class 964:

    NER No. 969 - Seaham Harbour "Mars" - I do not know her number.

    NER No.973 - Milford Dock Co. "Neptune"

     

    NER Class 124

    NER No. 598 - Milford Dock Co. "Ajax"

     

    Newcastle & Darlington Junction Railway 2-4-0:

    N&DJR No.30 -  Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Colliery No. 27

     

    NSR New L Class

    NSR No. 158 - Longmoor Military Railway No. 70207(?) "Marlborough"

    NSR No. 69 - Manchester Collieries "King George IV" - I do not know her number.

    NSR No. 72 - Manchester Collieries "Sir Robert" - I do not know her number.

    NSR No. 22 - Manchester Collieries "Kenneth" - I do not know her number.

    NSR No. 1 - Manchester Collieries "Queen Elizabeth" - I do not know her number.

    NSR No. 2 - Manchester Collieries "Princess" - I do not know her number.

     

    TVR O1 Class:

    TVR No. 28 - Longmoor Military Railway WD No. 70205 (Also Numbered WD No. 205) "Gordon", NCB Hetton Colliery No. 67 "Gordon".

     

    TVR O2 Class:

    TVR No. 85 - NCB Philadelphia Colliery No. 52

     

    TVR M1 Class:

    TVR No. 168 - Longmoor Military Railway WD No. 70208 "Kitchener"

     

    York & North Midland Railway 2-4-0:

    Y&NMR No. 82 / NER No. 313 - Cramlington Coal Co. No.8 / Hartley Main Collieries No.12

     

    Other / No Class:

    C&WJR No. 10 / LMS No. 11568 "Skiddaw Lodge" - Hartley Main Collieries No. 21

    PTR&DC No. 26 / GWR No. 813 - Backworth Colliery No. 12

    LNWR No. 1104 - WTC No. 5 "Shannon"


  2. Main Line to Industrial / Light Railway Service
    'Main line' company locos sold into industrial or light railway service

    If the Colonel Stephens railways count then:

     

    Kent & East Sussex Railway

    1. LB&SCR A1 Class No. 70 'Poplar' - K&ESR No. 3 'Bodiam'
    2. LB&SCR A1 Class No. 71 'Wapping' - K&ESR No. 5 'Rolvenden'
    3. LSWR 282 Class No. 349 - K&ESR No.7 'Rother'

    Weston, Clevedon & Portishead Light Railway

    1. LB&SCR A1 Class No. 43 'Gypsyhill' - WC&PLR No. 2 'Portishead'
    2. LB&SCR A1 Class No. 53 'Ashtead' - WC&PLR No. 4

    Edge Hill Light Railway

    1. LB&SCR A1 Class No. 73 'Deptford' - EHLR No. 1
    2. LB&SCR A1 Class No. 74 'Shadwell' - EHLR No. 2

    Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Light Railway

    1. LNWR Webb Coal Engine No. 3563 - S&MLR No. 2
    2. LSWR 282 Class No. 324 - S&MLR No. 3 'Hesperus'
    3. LSWR 282 Class No. 283 - S&MLR No. 6 'Thisbe'
    4. LB&SCR A1 No. 83 'Earlswood' - S&MLR No. 9 'Daphne'

    East Kent Light Railway

    1. LSWR 282 Class No. 394 - EKLR No. 3
    2. LSWR 415 Class No. 488 - EKLR No. 5
    3. SECR O Class No. 383 - EKLR No. 100
    4. LSWR No. 127 - EKLR No. 7

  3. Polly 0-6-0 Conversion PT. 1
    Nile's Mostly Freelance Bodging Bench - Pre-Grouping Locos

    Onto the next project, a small loco. This is something I bought t'other week.

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    It's a Triang Polly/Nellie thingy. 

    It runs ok, but it would need new wheels as the flanges are far too deep.

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    The inspiration for this conversion was a picture posted by Corbs of his Polly on a 0-6-0 chassis. I happen to have an Electrotren 0-6-0 that I haven't done anything with.

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    It has a very nice chassis.

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    That is the right size to for Polly.

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    A trial fit shows it will fit, but the front steps are in the way.

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    So I removed them.

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    The new chassis allows the body to be lower, with the buffers at the correct height.

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    I reckon this will make a nice shunting loco, with a bit of detailing. 


  4. Polly 0-6-0 Conversion PT. 2
    Nile's Mostly Freelance Bodging Bench - Pre-Grouping Locos

    Thanks for your comments, I shall try not to mess it up.

    Details.

    I made a backhead for the firebox, it will be positioned in the cab above the motor.

    I used part of a CD tub spindle as this was the right diameter, plus some plastic card.

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    To fix the front cab windows I used some plastic card cut like this.

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    To get the rough shape I held it inside the cab and marked it with a scalpel through the hole.

     

    Fitted into the opening.

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    As the motor doesn't fill the cab I cut out the doors, giving a more open and older look.

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    I've also removed the molded handrails, they will be replaced with proper ones.

     

    Looking into the cab you can see the the top of the firebox glued in place.

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    Lots more to do!

     


  5. Polly 0-6-0 Conversion PT. 3
    Nile's Mostly Freelance Bodging Bench - Pre-Grouping Locos

    Some more things done. The openings in the front of the cab have been filled and cleaned up.

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    After some black paint.

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    Inside the cab I've made a back and floor (not fixed in place yet).

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    At the back I've filled the hole that was for the chassis screw, and repaired some damage to the buffer beam. The model must have been dropped.

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    And more at the front.

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  6. Polly 0-6-0 Conversion PT. 4
    Nile's Mostly Freelance Bodging Bench - Pre-Grouping Locos

    This is where things get a bit heavy, it's time for Polly to put on some weight.

    First the bunker.

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    I then glued the cab floor in place.

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    There are three holes under the bunker to let any fumes out. The round thing at the front of the floor is from the Electrotren body and matches a hole in the chassis so they can be screwed together.

    More lead has been added inside the tanks.

    And yet more lead at the front, to balance out the bunker.

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    The body now weighs 100g.


  7. P
    Nile's Mostly Freelance Bodging Bench - Pre-Grouping Locos

    Some more bits added to the body. At the back are some etched windows from Mainly Trains.

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    Also lamp irons, front and rear, from some micro-strip inserted into holes drilled into the buffer beam tops.

    I've also cut out the holes for the couplings

     

    At the front are handrails using Gibson knobs.

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    The brass safety valve casting is a leftover from the Tilbury tank kit currently on my kitbuilding workbench topic.

    Painting next.


  8. D1 Industrial
    'Main line' company locos sold into industrial or light railway service
    6 hours ago, Tom Burnham said:

    There was also a LB&SCR D1 042T on the Whittingham Asylum Railway in Lancashire.

    Et voila....

    Ray.

     

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  9. Add these
    'Main line' company locos sold into industrial or light railway service

    You can also add the GSWR 0-6-0T 5 class.

    • 16378 was sold to sold to Hatfield Colliery, South Yorkshire in 04/1934 after withdrawal and scrapped after 1954,
    • 16379  sold to Llay Main Colliery, Denbighshire after withdrawal in 04/1934 now preserved

    and also

     

    The G&SWR 45 Class 0-6-2 tanks, 4 were sold out of service into industrial use

     

    16410 after withdrawal in Nov 1936 was sold to Robert McAlpine & Sons as no.80

    16403 after withdrawal in Nov 1936 was sold to Robert McAlpine & Sons as no..81

    16404 after withdrawal in Feb 1937 sold to Ashington Coal Company no.1

    16908 after withdrawal in Jun 1937 sold to Ashington Coal Company no.2

     

    Sadly none of these survived to preservation, and were a nice class, sadly no kits exist of this one as Mercian Models withdrew their kit. 

     

     

     

     


  10. Cool Brake Vans
    Nile's Mostly Freelance Bodging Bench - Pre-Grouping Locos

    It's good to see how adding a few details to a basic model can upgrade it to a much better model.

    There are some other brake vans out there on the second hand circuit that are good candidates for this sort of 

    upgrade treatment. For instance the Graham Farish 00 van and the even older Tri-ang.

     

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    L/H the Tri-ang with lowered roof. Use one with a metal chassis it's the right height compared to the plastic chassis ones.

     R/H Hornby body on a chassis made of three sections of Airfix mineral wagon kits.

    It's based on a SECR six wheeler drawings of which where in some old Railway Modeler.


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