Stanier 2-6-2T at Templecombe

[Andy Kirkham]

I nice picture of 40171 at Templecombe has just been posted on Flickr by Peter Brabham https://flic.kr/p/2cB4Q89

 

I'm not sure I recall seeing pictures of these locos on the S&D. What were their normal duties? Did they work the Highbridge branch?

[philip-griffiths]

Dont know about Stanier 2-6-2T on the S&D but 171 was a south Wales engine - Abergavenny/Tredegar from nationalisation until 1959.

[Ian J.]

Is it safe to assume that a picture of a locomotive at Templecombe means that locomotive worked on the S&DJR?

[Nick Holliday]

According to BR database 40171 was at Bristol Barrow Road from July 1960, moving on to Templecombe in October that year before withdrawal in May the following year.

[melmoth]

I've seen a different picture of 40171 at Templecombe somewhere, but can't remember which book it was in. I do, however, remember that the caption stated that the loco was basically knackered when it arrived at Templecombe and did very little meaningful work while based there.

[chris45lsw]

I've seen a different picture of 40171 at Templecombe somewhere, but can't remember which book it was in. I do, however, remember that the caption stated that the loco was basically knackered when it arrived at Templecombe and did very little meaningful work while based there.

Ivo Peters photographed 40171 at Templecombe on 11 September 1960 in a line of locos in the same spot - plate 92 in 'The S&D in the Sixties, Vol 3. 1960-1962'.  He says four - 40098/126/161/171 - were allocated to Templecombe in 1960, but their stay was very brief.  He includes no pics of it out on the road which would seem to confirm little, if any, work was done.

 

Chris KT

[RailWest]

Is it safe to assume that a picture of a locomotive at Templecombe means that locomotive worked on the S&DJR?

Probably 'yes' in most cases, but it might have been there simply as a result of a transfer movement to/from the Lower and Upper yards, so not 100% fool-proof. 

[philip-griffiths]

Ivo Peters photographed 40171 at Templecombe on 11 September 1960 in a line of locos in the same spot - plate 92 in 'The S&D in the Sixties, Vol 3. 1960-1962'.  He says four - 40098/126/161/171 - were allocated to Templecombe in 1960, but their stay was very brief.  He includes no pics of it out on the road which would seem to confirm little, if any, work was done.

 

Chris KT

Sounds like a job lot, 98 and 171 were also Tredegar locos prior to 1959.

[Ian J.]

Probably 'yes' in most cases, but it might have been there simply as a result of a transfer movement to/from the Lower and Upper yards, so not 100% fool-proof. 

 

In which case I'd argue it's not safe to assume that a loco worked the S&D, one would need some other evidence as well, and photographs of said loco working on the line itself would be best, of course.

[TheSignalEngineer]

Ivo Peters photographed 40171 at Templecombe on 11 September 1960 in a line of locos in the same spot - plate 92 in 'The S&D in the Sixties, Vol 3. 1960-1962'.  He says four - 40098/126/161/171 - were allocated to Templecombe in 1960, but their stay was very brief.  He includes no pics of it out on the road which would seem to confirm little, if any, work was done.

 

Chris KT

I've not seen a photo of them working on the S&D 'proper' but there is evidence that they worked between Bristol and Bath. There is a picture on the web of one entering Bristol with a Maunsell set.

 

Regarding allocation to Templecombe they didn't seem to last long, two being condemned there and the other two quickly swapped with the LMR for 82xxx tanks from Chester.

[Iain.d]

There is an image dated September 1960 of 40171 running towards Sturminster Newton with two coaches and a milk tank, probably from Bailey Gate, on page 70 of G.A. Richardson’s Steam on the Somerset and Dorset.

 

Iain