bob hughes60 Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 I have been given a photograph- see below- (quality not so good) of Sedbergh Station on the Lowgill Ingleton Branch. It is dated 1940 and I would be grateful for member's opinion's of the type of loco. I know 3MT Fowler 2-6-2T's were used early BR,late LMS but my expertise isn't good enough to give a positive ID. Grateful for your input. Bob Hughes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieB Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 More likely a Stanier 3MT 2-6-2T, with taper boiler and Stanier top-feed arrangement. The number appears to read 193, which would make it one of the first Crewe batch, built 1937 (the earliest examples were built at Derby). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
edward66 Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Not a popular loco type, the Stanier class 3 2-6-2T was reputedly a poor performer. Some had larger boilers to overcome this but they were usually seen on light duties such as the Ingleton branch. The earlier Fowler locos were considered to be better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted January 16, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 16, 2012 Definitely Stanier. The Fowlers had straight topped tanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poor Old Bruce Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 The earlier Fowler locos were considered to be better. But not much. The 2-6-4Ts on the other hand were brilliant. AFAIK it was all to do with the valves and valve gear, the 2-6-2Ts had short travel gubbins and the 2-6-4Ts had long travel stuff. Stanier just asked for taper boilers to be put on a Fowler chassis. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted January 16, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 16, 2012 For a short while 40108 worked the trip on the Harborne Branch. The drivers preferred the Midland 2F 0-6-0s that were used before, although the regular one was about 85 years old when it was scrapped. One driver told me that the 2-6-2 tanks couldn't boil enough water to make tea, let alone push 10 wagons of coal up the 1 in 66 from Harborne Junction to Hagley Road. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob hughes60 Posted January 16, 2012 Author Share Posted January 16, 2012 Thanks for the ID I must admit the number threw me.I thought if it was LMS there would be 4 digits?? Bbb Hughes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
edward66 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 No, there was even a number 1 which was one of the Fowler 2-6-2 tanks mentioned earlier. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
67A Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Hi Bob, Ex-LMS numbers had 40000 added in the BR renumbering so No. 193 would become 40193, indeed a 3MT Stanier 2-6-2T Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob hughes60 Posted January 19, 2012 Author Share Posted January 19, 2012 Thanks for your comments I can now feed back (confidently?) to the loco history society that dug it out for me. Bob Hughes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armchair Modeller Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 No, there was even a number 1 which was one of the Fowler 2-6-2 tanks mentioned earlier. Wasn't the original LMS No1 a Midland 2-4-0? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMS2968 Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Yes, then renumbered 20001 to make room for the Fowler tanky. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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