GWR & MR Joint Route: Halesowen to Longbridge Junction

Longbridge Station: mrlong1462

Great Western Railway 0-6-0PT 1813 class pannier No 1835 at Longbridge station with the 17:09 GWR Workman's train for Old Hill in 1947. Locomotive No 1835 was built as a 0-6-0 side tank in March 1883 at Swindon Works as part of lot 60. As built these locomotives had domeless boilers operating at 140 lbs with flush round top fireboxes. The locomotive was rebuilt in November 1895 and given a domed boiler operating at 150 lbs and a saddle tank with 1050 gallon capacity, but with the introduction of Belpaire fireboxes the locomotive was converted into a Pannier tank in February 1920. The tank capacity was increased to 1,200 gallons and the boiler pressure was increased to 180 lbs giving a tractive effort at 85% of 19,120 lb (Power Class – B). The maximum axle weight was 15 tons, 15 cwt (Route colour – Yellow). For information on the Great Western Railway’s classification system see 'Engine Map'. Locomotive No 1883 was allocated to Stourbridge Shed (STB) in September 1946 and withdrawn from there in January 1949.

Robert Ferris

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