Jump to content
 

Locomotive photo`s Pre-Grouping through to BR


Recommended Posts

  • RMweb Premium

Vide 6017 in 1938: I think the Claughtons must have been the last ex-LNWR engines to wear the express passenger engine livery of the day, in this case post-1928 red. The blank smokebox door of the reboilered engines gives them an odd look - faceless.

  • Agree 2
Link to post
Share on other sites

  • RMweb Gold
On 04/12/2019 at 12:16, Wickham Green said:

This could qualify for the 'Prototype for everything' thread - GWR livery but BR smokebox plates .... condensing panniers didn't stray far from Old Oak Common so that or Swindon's the probable location.

Looks like Old Oak but some went to Stafford Road for attention. One was photographed at Swan Village on a trip freight.

I believe 9710 was photographed with the shirtbutton showing in 1960 at OOC.

  • Like 1
  • Thanks 1
Link to post
Share on other sites

  • RMweb Premium
On 10/12/2019 at 09:38, RRU said:

HighlandRy53nearNewtonmore.jpg.009e34e33ad2db25ee5f7ff85e167d60.jpg

107) Highland Rly. no. 53 near Newtonmore.

 

 

HR 53 Clan Stewart Built Hawthorn Leslie and Co 6/1919 works number 3332. LMS Number 14765. Withdrawn 1/1945.

Note the leaves and stars burnished into the smokebox door.

 

Andy G

  • Like 1
  • Thanks 1
  • Informative/Useful 1
Link to post
Share on other sites

415111107_LMS5513atSandersonsSidingsWorsley.jpg.5fc9d289d5c7d45d5449fd71cc85df3d.jpg

154) LMS no. 5513 at Sanderson's Sidings, Worsley. No date.

 

LMS5614atStPancras1937.jpg.1ee6f39d9dd672230978a660671728f7.jpg

155) LMS no. 5614 at St. Pancras 1937.

 

LMS5954atDerby3-25-33.jpg.b8c926d5e4ade8aa435d66e86936f57d.jpg

156) LMS no. 5954 at Derby 25-3-33.

 

LMS6100.jpg.6cc059567198e80835e1db51447aeae9.jpg

157) LMS no. 6100 "Royal Scot". No more details.

 

LMS6100atCreweNorthShed5-38.jpg.796b9e31a3f2ae1903f78bdbd77dfb12.jpg

158) LMS no. 6100 "Royal Scot" at Crewe North Shed 5-38.

 

LMS5971nearBingley.jpg.0fb5aefbe0720e84f60a4f5f50f451d1.jpg

159) LMS no.5971 near Bingley. No date.

Edited by RRU
Amend caption
  • Like 11
Link to post
Share on other sites

More Royal Scots with and without smoke deflectors.

LMS6106atCrewe.jpg.a4f5aee97bf820b17b06d4e01f338e8a.jpg

160) LMS no. 6106 "Gordon Highlander" at Crewe. No date.

 

LMS6109atTring1939.jpg.db778e9c30f98795120e992ec1f4b287.jpg

161) LMS no. 6109 "Royal Engineer" at Tring 1939

 

LMS6110atRugby.jpg.a329509ede941ab154c1912be803228c.jpg

162) LMS no. 6110 "Grenadier Guardsman" at Rugby. No date.

 

LMS6119atCarpendersPark1933.jpg.006e30b262b38cd478fc8cb9790e11ce.jpg

163) LMS no.6119 "Lancashire Fusilier" at Carpenders Park 1933.

 

LMS6127atTringSummit1938.jpg.9c15f0852fa994559e79fcbe47846328.jpg

164) LMS no.6127 "Old Contempibles" at Tring Summit 1938.

 

LMS6154atCamdenShed1930.jpg.f77fd2c370a11d8073f0f34c27ff4121.jpg

165) LMS no. 6154 "The Hussar" at Camden Shed 1930.

 

  • Like 10
Link to post
Share on other sites

  • RMweb Premium

162). The leading carriage is one of the 12-wheelers built for the 2 pm "Corridor" in 1908 - it's one of the Glasgow brake thirds, WCJS D63. Then a 60 ft corridor third to LMS diagram 1782, just ten of which were built in 1930 - built for the prestige west coast expresses, these had 6'6" rather than 6'0" wide compartments. The third carriage is just marginally lest glamorous, being an 8'6"-wide 12 wheel dining carriage, possibly with the kitchen end leading - LNWR D29 or D40, built 1897-1903.

 

Refs: Jenkinson and Essery & Jenkinson, as previously cited.

  • Thanks 1
  • Informative/Useful 1
Link to post
Share on other sites

34 minutes ago, Compound2632 said:

162). ........ Then a 60 ft corridor third to LMS diagram 1782, just ten of which were built in 1930 - built for the prestige west coast expresses, these had 6'6" rather than 6'0" wide compartments. ..........

One of which ( the sole "Period II" ) survives - under a tarpaulin - in the care of the LMS Carriage Association : seen masquerading as a Russian vehicle when at Bitton : - 

 

b53.37j.jpg

  • Like 5
Link to post
Share on other sites

  • RMweb Premium

With those big square-cornered widows, it does, in such shabby condition, have a bit of a Russian look to it! The LMSCA have done a superb job on restoration of the exterior (though for the moment they've baulked at fully-lined livery - with which many a modeller will sympathise). Alas it seems that as BR stripped out the original interior when the carriage was converted to departmental use, there's no prospect of being able to wallow in the spaciousness of a delux "Royal Scot" third!

Link to post
Share on other sites

  • RMweb Gold
7 minutes ago, The Lurker said:

is 163 the Royal Train?

Yes, a 'full' Royal (i.e. carrying the Monarch) and presumably the ex LNWR 'Royal Train' still at that time in LNWR livery.  The state of the engine shows the trouble some railways went to, still in the 1930s, to prepare it for a Royal Train working.

  • Like 1
  • Agree 3
  • Thanks 1
Link to post
Share on other sites

  • RMweb Premium
1 minute ago, The Stationmaster said:

Yes, a 'full' Royal (i.e. carrying the Monarch) and presumably the ex LNWR 'Royal Train' still at that time in LNWR livery.  The state of the engine shows the trouble some railways went to, still in the 1930s, to prepare it for a Royal Train working.

 

It was a wartime measure to repaint the Royal Train vehicles in a less conspicuous livery, along with the building of new his'n'hers royal saloons of more bomb-proof material than timber.

  • Agree 1
Link to post
Share on other sites

2 minutes ago, The Stationmaster said:

Yes, a 'full' Royal (i.e. carrying the Monarch) and presumably the ex LNWR 'Royal Train' still at that time in LNWR livery.  The state of the engine shows the trouble some railways went to, still in the 1930s, to prepare it for a Royal Train working.

it was actually the state of the engine that made me suspect it was, then I looked more closely at the coaches.

  • Agree 2
Link to post
Share on other sites

Bushbury (Wolverhampton) often seem to have turned out locos, particularly Patriots, with burnished or painted smokebox door rims and hinges.  Obviously they could be photos taken after the loco had worked a Royal Train, but there seem to be a fair few of them in my collection.  Bushbury were responsible of the northern end of the pretigous 2hr Euston- Birmingham expresses.  I've also seen photos of similar embellishments on 2-6-4Ts and IIRC Compounds.

 

I do like the look of both the Scots and Patriots before they got deflectors.  Thank you for sharing this collection.

 

Alan

  • Like 1
  • Agree 1
Link to post
Share on other sites

Here are the Pacifics. First the Turbomotive.

 

LMS6202in6-35.jpg.d73089377f7e6f2d4ced1475adf8782f.jpg

166) LMS no. 6202 in 6-35.

 

LMS6202nearCrewe.jpg.bbaca80f7eddaddb50b5d222d7118a88.jpg

167) LMS no. 6202 near Crewe.

 

890538940_LMS6205atKingsLangley1938.jpg.89b9abbe4d41ba771a39df49d3560c1c.jpg

168) LMS no. 6205 "Princess Victoria" at King's Langley 1938.

 

LMS6220atCrew1937.jpg.c304b0cfea4d8f7472ae9cecbbe9a6db.jpg

169) LMS no. 6220 "Coronation"at Crewe 1937.

         The other two I think are

         6221 "Queen Elizabeth"

         6222 "Queen Mary"

 

LMS6220nearTamworth.jpg.f44b2dfe99e26ae33bad9b68b604c326.jpg

170) LMS no. 6220 "Coronation" near Tamworth. No date.

 

  • Like 12
Link to post
Share on other sites

LMS6221atHeadstoneLane1937.jpg.bf2c2f11e81306af7125824cac4370ec.jpg

171) LMS no. 6221 "Queen Elizabeth" at Headstone Lane 1937.

 

LMS6223nearTarnworth.jpg.3da60f231899b309c37503cab23e3cbe.jpg

172) LMS n0. 6223 "Princess Alice" near Tarnworth. No date.

 

LMS6227atHestBank7-39.jpg.4a311b378912bce4a206ac314f7e6b02.jpg

173) LMS no. 6227 "Duchess of Devonshire" at Hest Bank 7-39.

 

LMS6231atTringSummitC1938.jpg.4e9cd3dd7bff15473df6b6f469943c2a.jpg

174) LMS no. 6231 "Duchess of Atholl" at Tring Summit C1938.

 

  • Like 9
Link to post
Share on other sites

  • RMweb Premium

167 & 168 - some pre-grouping throwbacks there, right behind the latest superpower - 6202's train is headed up by an ex-Midland 6-wheel clerestory passenger brake van of 1896-1902 - diagram D530 - while 6205 hauls an ex-LNWR passenger brake van, D375 would be the most obvious - but is that a clerestory roof? And is it a trick of the light or is it still in LNWR plum and spilt milk?

 

The second carriage behind 6202 is another of those Period 2 de-lux vehicles, in this case I think a 60 ft brake composite to D1720, 50 built in 1930.

  • Thanks 1
  • Informative/Useful 1
Link to post
Share on other sites

LMS6408.jpg.9209fe789633797a1528678c76e17e5c.jpg

175) LMS no. 6408. No details

 

LMS6418atManchesterVictoria1947.jpg.110ff3a1db84ba27a58c0eb3e0eea70a.jpg

176) LMS no. 6418 at Manchester Victoria 1947.

 

LMS6872.jpg.3ad4f918921880624073381b07b6fc13.jpg

177) LMS no. 6872. No details.

 

LMS7277.jpg.62bd9165088248b5dd15284f7991debf.jpg

178) LMS no. 7277. No details.

 

LMS7953.jpg.93e0a6a263ad31485cda162dfa23a67d.jpg

179) LMS no. 7953. No details.

 

LMS8422nearKeswick.jpg.87af23bcdcecbb625347fa836d7ea0f6.jpg

180) LMS no. 8422 near Keswick. No date.

 

  • Like 10
Link to post
Share on other sites

LMS8589nearKeswick.jpg.5f61c7daf549504ecea9904c08e08f57.jpg

181) LMS no. 8589 near Keswick. No date.

 

LMS8628.jpg.35dbe995e4c2e4f571c6c7ba4fa30574.jpg

182) LMS no. 8628. No details.

 

LMS8843nearMilfordTunnel.jpg.624e2c278b53e5ca2bfffd8c8d6eb915.jpg

183) LMS no. 8843 near Milford Tunnel. No date.

 

LMS9110atWhitmore.jpg.8556e67547deafe829e009d3734e39d9.jpg

184) LMS no. 9110 at Whitmore. No date.

 

LMS9203atCarnforth.jpg.0923590214079ef6c56e207128bbf29e.jpg

185) LMS no. 9203 at Carnforth. No date.

 

LMS9628.jpg.38778d259ad4b2b28d00b8826a11bfe7.jpg

186) LMS no. 9628. No details.

 

There will now be a pause for two days because of the holidays. Its a double celebration for me as 26th December is my birthday.

 

I wish all of you and your families a very merry Christmas.

 

Peter

  • Like 13
  • Friendly/supportive 2
Link to post
Share on other sites

  • RMweb Premium
6 hours ago, RRU said:

There will now be a pause for two days because of the holidays. Its a double celebration for me as 26th December is my birthday.

 

 

Just as well - I'm away from my carriage books and there are more interesting ex-LNWR vehicles in some of those photos!

 

Happy Christmas and Birthday!

  • Agree 1
Link to post
Share on other sites

Happy both, Peter.

 

No 182 cannot be 8628 as Cauliflowers stopped at 8624.  I can't make out the final figure through the grime (except I don't think it's a 1).

 

Hi Stephen, I await your deductions on the lovely array of stock behind the 19" Goods.  Judging by having a reporting number, the fact it's on the Midland (still with a full load of coal) and it's (nominally) a goods loco pulling just about anything that hasn't rusted to the rails, I guess it's an excursion.

 

I did have a query about the location (my instinct was Lake District) but I think it's correct and that's the mysterious Tunnel Sighting Tower in the distance.

 

Alan

Link to post
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share

×
×
  • Create New...