Garethp8873 Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Really looking forward to going to see GWR 813 on her first trip from the Valley since completion of her last overhaul down at Didcot Railway Centre. Will be focusing my camera and energy on 813 on Saturday... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garethp8873 Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 (edited) 813, the Ambassador... Yesterday's results... Edited April 16, 2017 by Garethp8873 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 All we need to complete a classic GWR scene is a Toad brake van. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zomboid Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 That safety valve cover looks a bit daft perched on top of the dome. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 That safety valve cover looks a bit daft perched on top of the dome. Like many GWR locomotives it's an ugly brute. Davey Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold westerhamstation Posted April 16, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 16, 2017 Hi, these pictures were taken this week. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForestPines Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 That safety valve cover looks a bit daft perched on top of the dome. Presumably that's a GWR addition, not part of the original manufacturer's design. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted April 16, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 16, 2017 Like many GWR locomotives it's an ugly brute. Davey Actually it's a Hudswell Clarke built engine very similar to a similar robert Stehenson Co design both versions being built to the specification of the P.T R &D company which bought it as a new engine. It gradually acquired various Swindon features during repairs carried out by the GWR but in reality its an engine from an absorbed company which (as it happens) the GWR sold out of service shortly after completely taking over its original owner. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garethp8873 Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 (edited) Actually it's a Hudswell Clarke built engine very similar to a similar robert Stehenson Co design both versions being built to the specification of the P.T R &D company which bought it as a new engine. It gradually acquired various Swindon features during repairs carried out by the GWR but in reality its an engine from an absorbed company which (as it happens) the GWR sold out of service shortly after completely taking over its original owner. That is correct Stationmaster. 813 was 'Swindonised' at Swindon Works in a 17 month overhaul that lasted til March 1924. Rather than try and say everything that was changed, I will let the photos say it instead. First one is PTR 26 as she would have emerged from Hudswell Clarke's works in 1901 in Works Grey. Second is one of the several I snapped yesterday. Comparing the photos, you can see very quickly the differences. Edited April 16, 2017 by Garethp8873 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 Wonder what will look like in BR black. . . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garethp8873 Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 Wonder what will look like in BR black. . . 813 and her sisters didn't enter BR ownership. They were all withdrawn by 1934 by the GWR who were starting to replace much of the pre-grouping GWR fleet that had been inherited from the pre-grouping companies with more modern engines. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForestPines Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 813 was owned by the NCB for longer than she was owned by the GWR. Across all owners, she spent roughly the same amount of time (33 years) in service on her original main line duties as she did in colliery service. Her longest single home is the SVR (the 50th anniversary of her arrival at Bridgnorth is later this year) but of course much of that 50 years was spent out of service under restoration or overhaul. The rough breakdown of ownership is as follows: PTR owned & operated: 8 years PTR owned, GWR operated: 14 years GWR owned & operated: 11 years Stored for sale: 9 months Backworth Collieries: 13 years NCB: 20 years 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 813 and her sisters didn't enter BR ownership. They were all withdrawn by 1934 by the GWR who were starting to replace much of the pre-grouping GWR fleet that had been inherited from the pre-grouping companies with more modern engines. If the owners take after WCR they might still out shop her in BR black even though it is fictitious. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garethp8873 Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 Before heading to Cheltenham yesterday, I was able to get a few shots of visiting BR Class 20's 20189 and BR Class 20 20205. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 What were the heading to Cheltenham for? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianusa Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 Wonder what will look like in BR black. . . God forbid! Brian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted May 6, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 6, 2017 God forbid! Brian. Some pics in NCB black https://flic.kr/p/dKvAY9 https://flic.kr/p/9FWdMf 11 0-6-0ST GWR 813 18.04.1963 Backworth (RR Darsley) by George Stephenson, on Flickr 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold westerhamstation Posted May 8, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 8, 2017 Hi, some pictures taken today 08/05/17. All the best Adrian. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 The next time Tornado visits us I think we should paint one of the Gresleys 'blood and custard' - for if Tornado is in very early British Railways livery it would make a nice match, as British Railways were fairly slow to repaint all their coaches. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted May 8, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 8, 2017 The next time Tornado visits us I think we should paint one of the Gresleys 'blood and custard' - for if Tornado is in very early British Railways livery it would make a nice match, as British Railways were fairly slow to repaint all their coaches. Is that a lynch mob from the LNER coach fund I hear coming up the line? Hee hee Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garethp8873 Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 I was down at the Valley myself today. Very happy with the photos from today as I was able to get alot of things I've not been able to photograph previously. Also I'm happy to say that I have now took over 10,000 photographs. Our resident Pannier GWR 1501 took that honour...!! Many thanks to those who view my photos, favourite them and follow me on Flickr and also like the postings I put up here on RMWeb. It really keeps me going. Again thanks to you all 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Chris116 Posted May 8, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 8, 2017 I had a good day on the Severn Valley Railway today. Thought some people would like to see the new coal powered shunter! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim V Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 This picture of the connecting service to Kidderminster just came up on my rotating wallpaper, thought you might like to see it. 4/8/1979 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bigbee Line Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 The next time Tornado visits us I think we should paint one of the Gresleys 'blood and custard' - for if Tornado is in very early British Railways livery it would make a nice match, as British Railways were fairly slow to repaint all their coaches. I was only thinking that today.. Maybe just one side of the train.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 Is that 2857's tender? I hope nothing serious has happened. A few years ago I drove it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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