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From that, Riddles gained some backing and had significant influence in the re-organisation of Crewe, which took place between 1925 and 1927. [2] In 1923, the LNWR became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway so, on completion of the work at Crewe, Riddles was sent to the ex- Midland Railway works at Derby, by then part of the LMS ...
The BR Standard Class 3 2-6-2T was a class of steam locomotive designed by Robert Riddles for British Railways.It was essentially a hybrid design, the chassis being closely based on and sharing a number of parts with the LMS Ivatt Class 4, and having a boiler derived from a GWR No.2 boiler as fitted to the GWR Large Prairie 2-6-2T and 5600 Class 0-6-2T tank engines.
The BR Standard Class 4 2-6-0 is a class of steam locomotive designed by Robert Riddles for British Railways (BR). 115 locomotives were built to this standard. Design and construction [ edit ]
The British Railways (BR) ex-WD Austerity 2-8-0 was a class of 733 2-8-0 steam locomotives designed for heavy freight. These locomotives of the WD Austerity 2-8-0 type had been constructed by the War Department , as war locomotives 1943–1945.
It had a parallel boiler and round-topped firebox.While the 2-8-0 had a narrow firebox, the 2-10-0 had a wide firebox placed above the driving wheels. This arrangement was common in the United States (e.g. the USRA 0-8-0) but unusual in Britain, where wide fireboxes were usually used only where there was a trailing bogie, e.g. in 4-4-2 and 4-6-2 types.
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On the former L&Y lines this class was generally employed on passenger work whilst the LMS Class 2 2-6-0s were normally found on shunting and freight jobs until the mid-1960s. When the Cambrian section closed and other areas dieselised, other members of the class came to the former L&Y lines (some as replacements for those originally allocated ...