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GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton
Warwick Station: gwrw372
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Ex-GWR 0-6-0PT 57xx class Pannier Tank No 3624 glides
through the station on the up line with a single van in tow circa 1957. No 3624
was built at Swindon works in May 1939 as part of lot 314. The 57xx class was
one of the UK's most numerous classes, totalling 863 locomotives built between
1929 and 1950 as replacements for an aging fleet of Victorian saddle and
pannier 0-6-0T locomotives. With a maximum axle weight of 16tons, 15cwt they
were originally restricted to main lines and some branches (route colour -
Blue), but in 1950 it was decided that because of their negligible hammer blow
they could also run over Yellow routes. Between the pannier water tanks which
held 1,200 gallons was a Belpaire boiler operating at 200lb and producing a
respectable tractive effort at 85% of 22,515lb (power group - C). For more
information on the Great Western Railway Classification system (see
Engine Map). Found in almost every
corner of the Great Western Railway these locomotives were liked as being
responsive and capable, despite frequently being grossly overloaded. No 3624
was initially allocated to Tyseley shed (TYS) and remained in service for
exactly 23 years before being withdrawn in May 1962 from Neyland shed to be
scrapped by J Cashmore of Newport.
The covered van has a sliding door, two part pressed steel
corrugated end and planked sides suggesting an LMS origin. Three lots (2003,
2013 and 2109) totalling 2,050 ventilated 12 ton covered vans were also built
at Wolverton Works in the early days of British Railways (diagram 204).
Lot No. |
Date |
Quantity |
Running Numbers |
2003 |
1949 |
500 |
B751300 to B751799 |
2013 |
1949 |
550 |
B751800 to B752349 |
2109 |
1950 |
1000 |
B753430 to B754429 |
Robert Ferris
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