Locomotive Name Game

Edie Ochiltree (GCR 1384)

Earl of Powis GWR 5056 4-6-0 Ex-Ogmore Castle

Saint Brides Hall (GWR 4972)

La France GWR 102 4-4-2 Retired October 1926.

Eydon Hall (GWR 4924)

Lady Godiva - ex LMS Fowler "Patriot" originally Class 6P5F rebuilt by Ivatt as Class 7P - BR No 45519 (scrapped in 1962)

I thought that I would give the "bare" facts!

Abdul Medjid (GWR)

Dauntless (D448 - BR Class 'Hoover' 50048)

Sir Ronald Matthews - ex LNER Gresley Class A4 - BR No 60001 (scrapped in 1965)

Sir Guy Calthrop (LNWR 1093)

Penmaenmawr LNWR 1188

Royal Sovereign (GWR 3050)

Nederland Line (Merchant Navy Class 35014)

Elkhound (LNWR 1706)

Dinmore Manor (GWR 7820 found at the Gloucestershire & Warwickshire Railway )

Richard Cobden (LNWR 940)

North Borneo - ex LMS Stanier "Jubilee" Class 6P5F - BR No 45620 (built 1934 and scrapped 1965)

Ogmore Castle (4th) GWR 7035 8/1950 4-6-0 Withdrawn August 1965.

Engineer Bangor (LMS)

Ripon Hall (GWR 5914)

Laird o' Monkbarns (LNER 9412)

Strang Steel - ex LNER Thompson Class B1 - BR No 61244 (Built 1947 Scrapped 1966)

Little Giant (Bassett-Lowke 1905 4-4-2 15" gauge; preserved at the Cleethorpes Miniature Railway.)

THANE OF FIFE (LNER P2 - 2005)

Everton (LNER 2863)

North Star (Class 47 - D1661)

Remembrance (SR 2333)

Exeter (West Country Pacific 34001)

Roberts (LNWR 737)

Saunton (West Country Class 34093)

Nilghai - ex LNER Thompson "Antelope" Class B1 - BR No 61019 (built 1947 and scrapped 1967)

Ilfracombe (West Country Class 34017)

Edwin A Beazley (GCR)

Yeovil (West Country Class - 34004)

Lalla Rookh (GWR)

Hawkinge (West Country Class 34069) - Well may as well stick with a Bulleid Pacific whilst the letters allow me to!!

E. Tootal Broadhurst - ex LMS Fowler "Patriot" Class 6P5F - ex LMS Ivatt "Rebuilt Patriot" Class 7P (circa 1948) - BR No 45534 (Originally built 1933 Scrapped 1964)

Tamar (GWR)

Royal Mail (Merchant Navy Class 35003)

And here is a snippet of a log from someone whom I know very well who used to time these Bulleids back in their hey-day... Here's how it goes;

"The story goes thus:


This is an historic document. Fastest ever properly recorded speed behind a Bulleid Merchant Navy pacific. 106 mph on near level track. It's also one of the fastest short distance start to stop runs ever run by a steam loco anywhere if the effect of the temporary speed restriction is allowed for.

And yep, I was on the footplate, standing right behind the late Fred Burridge who decided, that inky black Monday night just before steam traction ended, to stretch that loco's legs a bit.

I was in a group of about 20 guys subsequently called " the cream of the steam loco timing fraternity". At 19 I was the youngest and was usually at the bottom of the list for the many, (totally unoffical), footplate rides our group used to organise with the loco crews, (although thanks to a spell of training in the S&T Dept at that time I did actually have a "bearer" foootplate pass in my pocket at the time, but had been told by the kindly guys in the S&T Department who had discovered my interest not to over use it!)

The speed limit on the region was 85 mph and Fred had never been timed at over that before. So that Monday, (first day he was driving that train that week), it was said by Les, our group's footplate rides organiser, "Fred's never gone over 85 mph so Bryan can go up on the footplate at Basingstoke."

The rest is history, as they say!

Note he never worked the loco flat out. Partly because of the very light load and partly because that particular loco was a very free running machine. And he eased back for short while on the regulator, when he got to 106 mph. On full regulator all the way I feel the loco had the capability to equal or even beat the post WWII steam speed record of 112 mph. Maybe Fred was concerned that two of the vehicles on the train were two axle baggage cars with a speed limit of 75 mph!

A night I shall never forget. The clearest memory is of the fireman coming over from his side of the cab at our max speed and having a long stare at the speedo needle which was way off the clock!"


Hope you enjoyed the ride back in time.....

Cheers

Andy

Thanks for sharing that Andy, very interesting.

Laird of Balmawhapple (LNER 6398)

Glad you enjoyed it Mark!

ENCHANTRESS (1537 LNWR) - Loving the name!

Shooting Star - BR Standard Class 7P6F No 70029 (Built 1952 and Scrapped 1968)

Royal Signals (LMS 5504)

Coronation Class 46244 King George VI LMS Number 6244 My birthday and year of birth, 6th Feb 1944. Also of co-incidence, King George VI died on my birthday in 1952.

Interesting to read about the Bulleid MN doing 106 mph. Like Coronation which clocked up 114 mph approaching Crewe during the thirties and almost derailed crossing the points, makes you wonder what these powerful Pacific's where capable of .
Mallard may hold the world record for steam at 126 mph, but I think if the Coronation or Bulleid's where given the chance, that even Mallard's record could have been broken.
Sir William A Stanier CME of the LMS, refused to allow any Coronation loco, to take up the challenge, after the hair raising run of 6200 Coronation and thus it was never put to a test.
But personally. I think the Coronation's could have outshone the Gresley A4's, given the chance. But that we will never know!

Irish Free State (LMS 5572)

Earl Haig -BR Standard Class 7P6F No 70044 (Built 1953 and Scrapped 1967)

Glen Gau (NBR 492)

United States Lines (Merchant Navy 35012)

Saint Benet's Hall (GWR 5947)

Lord Rowallan (BR 70045)