Irishswissernie Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 I have been trying to identify this locomotive and its location. Possibly South Wales or North East England. Loco is oil fired and I think is a Peckett. Wallsend Slipway had an oil fired peckett but the spectacle plates are the wrong shape and that loco had dumb buffers. Any ideas? Ernie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall5 Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 It is a W7 class Peckett if that is any help. The W7 (introduced 1938) with those tapered cab windows replaced the W6 which had round ones but there was some overlap as I once owned a W6 built in 1940. The oil tank on the cab roof certainly resembles those used on other Wallsend slip locos such as Borrows No3 first preserved on the NYMR. Ray. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
avonside1563 Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 The Peckett on the Wallsend Slipway was E class1351/1915 Lion which is now preserved at the Lincolnshire Wolds Railway, the loco in the photo is much later than Lion and is as said a W7. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 It looks vaguely familiar, especially the buildings visible in the top-left corner. I'm wondering what sort of industry might take in, or send out, goods in opens/ shocks? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.hill64 Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 It looks vaguely familiar, especially the buildings visible in the top-left corner. I'm wondering what sort of industry might take in, or send out, goods in opens/ shocks? I wondered about Pilkingtons: sand in, glass out and they had oil fired locos. Cannot find any record of them having a W7 though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 I wondered about Pilkingtons: sand in, glass out and they had oil fired locos. Cannot find any record of them having a W7 though. From what I remember of the integrity of the hopper bottoms of the sand wagons for Pilkingtons, I'd expect to see dribbles of sand all over the track; the only muck I can see is oil and grease. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Moxy Posted August 9, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 9, 2016 Blowing the picture up to full size, there are a lot of newish looking broken bricks scattered about. Could it be something to do with a brick & tile works? (although whether production or delivery end of the process I couldn't say). Moxy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
avonside1563 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 You might do better moving this topic to UK Standard Gauge Industrial Modelling in the Layout and workbench section. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieB Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Any joy with the nameplate on the side of the saddle tank? Many of these locos (e.g. those supplied to Royal Arsenal, Royal Ordnance, Llanelli Steel, Hadfields Steel) carried names - but it isn't clear in the reproduction here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
br2975 Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 It looks vaguely familiar, especially the buildings visible in the top-left corner. I'm wondering what sort of industry might take in, or send out, goods in opens/ shocks? Mr. Williams, It should look vaguely familiar - being one of the Llanelli Steel Works fleet. . https://www.flickr.com/photos/60790501@N04/8433866072/in/photolist-dRgLy1 Brian R Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted August 11, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 11, 2016 Blowing the picture up to full size, there are a lot of newish looking broken bricks scattered about. Could it be something to do with a brick & tile works? (although whether production or delivery end of the process I couldn't say). Moxy Some look like firebricks to me. Furnace or kilns? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishswissernie Posted August 11, 2016 Author Share Posted August 11, 2016 Great that confirms my latest research. The previous slide is of one of the cut down locos at Llanelli Steel works. Having learnt from this topic that the Peckett was a W7 a bit of digging revealed that w/n 2025/42 built for the Ministry of Supply had ended up at Llanelli after spells at Hirwaun, Bridgend, then Abelson & Co as a hire loco. named Charles link to flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/irishswissernie/5869442644/in/photolist-9WEqNY Thanks everyone Ernie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 Mr. Williams, It should look vaguely familiar - being one of the Llanelli Steel Works fleet. . https://www.flickr.com/photos/60790501@N04/8433866072/in/photolist-dRgLy1 Brian R In my defence, the original shot, which seems to have disappeared, was much too tidy. The shot you linked to, Brian, is much more as I remember it. I'm trying to place exactly where that first shot was taken- I think the twin grey buildings may have been part of the old 'Old Castle' works, latterly used by Thyssen as a stores and joinery shop. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
br2975 Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 In my defence, the original shot, which seems to have disappeared, was much too tidy. The shot you linked to, Brian, is much more as I remember it. I'm trying to place exactly where that first shot was taken- I think the twin grey buildings may have been part of the old 'Old Castle' works, latterly used by Thyssen as a stores and joinery shop. Such is progress (or urban regeneration) Brian. . Brian R Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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