In my Talking Stock#15 post here I discuss the background to the three Maunsell 350HHp diesel 'trip' locomotives. In 1937 Maunsell ordered three six coupled 350hp diesel electric locos, built by the SR at Ashford with English Electric power units, to compare against the Z class 0-8-0 tanks. They were numbered 1,2 an d 3. These … Continue reading Workbench Witterings#19 Building a Maunsell 350HP ‘trip’ locomotive
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Talking Stock #26 The four Urie G16 large tanks
I have a bit of a soft spot for all large tank locomotives and a number of classes of large tanks existed on the Southern Railway such as the H16 4-6-2T, W 2-6-4T, the Z class 0-8-0T that I featured in my Talking Stock# 19 post here and the topic of this post the G16 … Continue reading Talking Stock #26 The four Urie G16 large tanks
Talking Stock #15 Maunsell 350HP diesel ‘trip’ locomotives
And now for for something slightly different... Along with the other railway companies at the time , the Southern Railway, during the 1930's, were also looking for the future of locomotive power. In 1937 Maunsell ordered three six coupled 350hp diesel electric locos, built by the SR at Ashford with English Electric power units, to compare against the … Continue reading Talking Stock #15 Maunsell 350HP diesel ‘trip’ locomotives
Talking Stock #8 Is it a diesel? Is it steam?..It’s a Bulleid Leader
One item of my rolling stock that raises the most questions when I exhibit Fisherton Sarum, and is also one of the most common search terms that readers of this blog have used to get here, is in connection with the Bulleid Leader. I will not go in to the whys and wherefores of the … Continue reading Talking Stock #8 Is it a diesel? Is it steam?..It’s a Bulleid Leader