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| ==Large Bogie Passenger class, or 61 class== | ==Large Bogie Passenger class, or 61 class== | ||
| This class comprised 22 locomotives: sixteen built by Sharp Stewart between 1893 and 1895; four by ] in 1897–98; and two built in the ], in 1901 and 1904. These two were the only locomotives built new at Oswestry.{{sfn|Davies|Firth|Lucking|Thomas|1966|pp=K65–67}} | This class comprised 22 locomotives: sixteen built by Sharp Stewart between 1893 and 1895; four by ] in 1897–98; and two built in the ], in 1901 and 1904. These two were the only locomotives built new at Oswestry. Numbers were 11, 19, 32, 47, 61–72 and 81–86.{{sfn|Davies|Firth|Lucking|Thomas|1966|pp=K65–67}} | ||
| They were larger than the 16 class; the principal dimensions were: coupled wheels {{convert|6|ft|0|in|m|abbr=on}}; cylinders (2 inside) {{convert|18|x|24|in|mm|abbr=on}}; boiler pressure {{convert|150|lbf/in2|kPa|abbr=on}}; maximum axle load {{convert|15|LT|ST tonne|link=on}}. New boilers were fitted to fourteen locomotives between 1912 and 1921. They were the heaviest locomotives permitted on the ], but in 1926 the part of this route south of {{stnlnk|Llanidloes}} was downgraded to ] (a maximum axle load of {{convert|14|LT|ST tonne}}), debarring the 61 class.{{sfn|Davies|Firth|Lucking|Thomas|1966|pp=K66–67}} | |||
| ⚫ | One of the class, no. 82, was involved in the ] on 26 January 1921. The locomotive was so badly damaged that it had to be cut up on site with ]es. Only the boiler was salvaged, and put to stationary use at Oswestry. The remaining 21 locomotives passed to the GWR, and were withdrawn |
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| ⚫ | One of the class, no. 82, was involved in the ] on 26 January 1921. The locomotive was so badly damaged that it had to be cut up on site with ]es. Only the boiler was salvaged, and put to stationary use at Oswestry. The remaining 21 locomotives passed to the GWR, and were allotted numbers 1068/82/4–6/8/90/1/3/6/7, 1100–9; sixteen of these were duly renumbered, but five (Cambrian nos. 65/8, 70/2, 81) were withdrawn in 1922 before their new numbers (1084/96, 1101/3/5) could be applied. The rest were withdrawn between 1923 and 1931; of these, no. 1106 was renumbered for a second time in 1926, becoming no. 1110 so that a block of numbers could be cleared for the new ].{{sfn|Pringle|1921}}{{sfn|Davies|Firth|Lucking|Thomas|1966|pp=K65–67, K73}} | ||
| ==Large Belpaire Passenger class, or 94 class== | ==Large Belpaire Passenger class, or 94 class== | ||
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The Cambrian Railways 4-4-0 locomotives consisted of five locomotive classes introduced between 1878 and 1921. Three of them were designed for the Cambrian Railways and supplied new, the fourth class was rebuilt from tank locomotives, and the fifth consisted of secondhand purchases. Altogether 37 4-4-0 locomotives were owned by the Cambrian at one time or another, of which 35 passed to the Great Western Railway (GWR) at the start of 1922. The last was withdrawn in 1933.
Small Bogie Passenger class, or 16 class
This class comprised six locomotives, built in pairs by Sharp, Stewart and Company between 1878 and 1891. The first two were named: no. 16 Beaconsfield and no. 17 Hartington; the names were removed by the end of 1891. The others – nos. 20, 21, 50, 60 – were unnamed.
Principal dimensions were: coupled wheels 5 ft 6+1⁄2 in (1.689 m); cylinders (2 inside) 17 in × 24 in (430 mm × 610 mm); boiler pressure 140 lbf/in (970 kPa). New boilers were fitted between 1910 and 1915, and by 1922 nos. 50 and 60 (the last two to be reboilered) worked at a pressure of 150 lbf/in (1,000 kPa).
The Railways Act 1921 caused the Cambrian Railways and several other Welsh railways to amalgamate with the GWR on 1 January 1922, creating an enlarged Great Western Railway. Consequently, the locomotive fleets of these railways were amalgamated with that of the GWR; new numbers were allocated, using blank numbers in the existing GWR list. Accordingly, all six of the Cambrian 16 class passed to the GWR, and were allotted numbers 1110/2/5–8; five of these were duly renumbered, but Cambrian no. 20 was withdrawn in 1922 before its new number (1117) could be applied. The rest were withdrawn between 1924 and 1930.
Large Bogie Passenger class, or 61 class
This class comprised 22 locomotives: sixteen built by Sharp Stewart between 1893 and 1895; four by Robert Stephenson and Company in 1897–98; and two built in the Cambrian workshops at Oswestry, in 1901 and 1904. These two were the only locomotives built new at Oswestry. Numbers were 11, 19, 32, 47, 61–72 and 81–86.
They were larger than the 16 class; the principal dimensions were: coupled wheels 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m); cylinders (2 inside) 18 in × 24 in (460 mm × 610 mm); boiler pressure 150 lbf/in (1,000 kPa); maximum axle load 15 long tons (17 short tons; 15 t). New boilers were fitted to fourteen locomotives between 1912 and 1921. They were the heaviest locomotives permitted on the Mid-Wales line, but in 1926 the part of this route south of Llanidloes was downgraded to "uncoloured" (a maximum axle load of 14 long tons (16 short tons; 14 t)), debarring the 61 class.
One of the class, no. 82, was involved in the Abermule train collision on 26 January 1921. The locomotive was so badly damaged that it had to be cut up on site with oxy-acetylene torches. Only the boiler was salvaged, and put to stationary use at Oswestry. The remaining 21 locomotives passed to the GWR, and were allotted numbers 1068/82/4–6/8/90/1/3/6/7, 1100–9; sixteen of these were duly renumbered, but five (Cambrian nos. 65/8, 70/2, 81) were withdrawn in 1922 before their new numbers (1084/96, 1101/3/5) could be applied. The rest were withdrawn between 1923 and 1931; of these, no. 1106 was renumbered for a second time in 1926, becoming no. 1110 so that a block of numbers could be cleared for the new GWR 1101 Class.
Large Belpaire Passenger class, or 94 class
This class comprised five locomotives built by Robert Stephenson in 1904.
No. 95 was involved in the Abermule train collision, and like no. 82, the locomotive was so badly damaged that it had to be cut up on site. Only the boiler and tender were salvaged, and whilst the tender was reused, the boiler was cut up in 1922. The remaining four locomotives passed to the GWR, and were withdrawn between 1928 and 1933.
Metropolitan A Class rebuilds
These consisted of two of the former Metropolitan Railway A Class 4-4-0T locomotives. Six of these had been bought by the Cambrian in 1905, and two were subsequently converted to 4-4-0 tender locomotives: one by Beyer, Peacock and Company in 1915, and one at Oswestry Works in 1916. Both passed to the GWR, but were withdrawn in 1922.
GWR 3521 class
The last two 4-4-0s acquired by the Cambrian were two of the GWR 3521 Class, purchased secondhand from the Great Western Railway in August 1921. They were bought to replace the two engines lost at Abermule earlier that year, and were allotted the same numbers, 82 and 95, but these were never carried – they retained their GWR numbers, 3521 and 3546. A few months later, they returned to GWR stock along with the whole of the Cambrian fleet when the Cambrian Railways amalgamated with the GWR on 1 January 1922. They were withdrawn in 1927 and 1931.
Notes
- ^ Davies et al. 1966, pp. K63–64.
- Davies et al. 1966, pp. K65–67.
- Davies et al. 1966, pp. K66–67.
- Pringle 1921. sfn error: no target: CITEREFPringle1921 (help)
- Davies et al. 1966, pp. K65–67, K73.
- ^ Davies et al. 1966, pp. K73–74.
- Davies et al. 1966, pp. K75–76.
- Davies et al. 1966, pp. K79–80.
References
- Davies, F.K.; Firth, J.M.; Lucking, J.H.; Thomas, R.E.; Allcock, N.J.; Sterndale, A.C.; Barrie, D.S.M.; Reed, P.J.T.; Mountford, E.R. (April 1966). White, D.E. (ed.). The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway, part ten: Absorbed Engines, 1922-1947. RCTS. ISBN 0-901115-20-7.