ROD (Railway Operating Division) Locomotive numbering system?

[mikesndbs]

I have spent lots of time looking for information about prototype locomotive ROD 2-8-0 number 1918.

Oddly locos 1918 and 1919 are missed off the North British Locomotive Company’s building list and I have been unable to find 1918 listed in any other database.

It does seem odd that in a long run of identical locomotives being built there just two were missed out of the sequence.

Is anyone able to shine some light on this, is it reasonable to assume NBL did build them?

 

Thanks

Mike

[Jeremy Cumberland]

Do you have a North British works list, or are you working off the BR Database?

 

The BR Database lists each order of ROD locomotive (521 in total, agreeing with other sources), with the builder, the order number and the quantity, but it does not list every locomotive within each batch.

 

Order L693 was for 50 locomotives from North British Queen's Park Works, but only 31 are listed in the BR database. They are all in the same ROD and works number sequence, and it can be inferred that 1918 was works number 21895 of 1918.

 

Since this is the BR database, it is entirely possible that the missing locomotives never passed into British railway company ownership. Note that ROD 1941 (North British 21918 of 1918) is from this same batch and is also missing from the BR Database list, but this locomotive is well documented, going to J & A Brown in Australia in 1927.

[Wickham Green too]

According to Rowledge, 1892 to 1941  were built by NBL at Hyde Park ; works Nos.21819-68 ........1918 became LNWR No.2873 & LMS 9664, 1919 became GWR No.3071 later 3037.

[mikesndbs]

Brilliant information thank you

[ikks]

Incredible source of information  this site is.

Mike

Edited May 24, 2023 by ikks
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[Wickham Green too]

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[EddieB]

On 24/05/2023 at 16:24, Wickham Green too said:

According to Rowledge, 1892 to 1941  were built by NBL at Hyde Park ; works Nos.21819-68 ........1918 became LNWR No.2873 & LMS 9664, 1919 became GWR No.3071 later 3037.

As LMS 9664, NBL 21895 (ROD 1918) ended its working life at the end of 1930, which might explain its absence from BR lists.

[mikesndbs]

3 hours ago, EddieB said:

As LMS 9664, NBL 21895 (ROD 1918) ended its working life at the end of 1930, which might explain its absence from BR lists.

 

Thanks, helps a lot.

I know it was one of many stored at Tattenham Corner around 1919?

[mikesndbs]