Details of Strathspey Railway |
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| Builder | Hunslet Engine Co. Ltd. | ||
| Works Number | 3686 | ||
| Building Year | 1948 | ||
| Ex Works Date | 18th January 1949 | ||
| Loco type | 0-6-0ST | ||
| Driving wheel diameter | 4ft 3in | ||
| Cylinders | 18in x 26in 2 (inside) | ||
| Coupled wheelbase | 11ft | ||
| Boiler | Length | 9ft 11in | |
| Diameter | 4ft 1 1/4in | ||
| Number of tubes | 181 | ||
| Tube diameter | 1 3/4in | ||
| Heating surfaces | Tubes | 872.5 sq ft | |
| Firebox | 87.5 sq ft | ||
| Total | 960 sq ft | ||
| Grate area | 16.82 sq ft | ||
| Coal capacity | 45cwts | ||
| Water capacity | 1200 gallons | ||
| Weight loaded | 48t 3cwt | ||
| Max height | 12ft 1 1/4in | ||
| Max width | 8ft 2 1/2in | ||
| Length over buffers | 30ft 4in | ||
| Fitted with Hill-Bigwood Mechanical Stoker March 1962. Mechanical Stoker removed July 1967 to February 1968 at Lambton Workshops. The first new steam locomotive supplied to NCB No.2 Area after nationalisation 1/1/47. |
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| Allocations | |||
| No.2 (Mid-East Durham) Area | |||
| 1/49 to Lambton Railway Loco Sheds, Philadelphia 1957 to Hetton-le-Hole 1960 to Philadelphia 9/62 on hire to No.6 Area Springwell Bank Foot Shed 10/62 on hire to No.3 Area Sherburn Hill Colliery 3/63 on hire to No.3 Area Blackhall Colliery 4/65 to Philadelphia Northern half of No.2 Area merged with No.1 (North-East Durham) Area 28/6/65 Purchased from No.1 Area by No.3 Area (South-East Durham) 7/65 |
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| No.3 (South-East Durham) Area | |||
| 7/65 to Dawdon Colliery No.3 (South-East Durham) Area merged with No.4 (South-West Durham) Area called South Durham Area from 26/3/67. | |||
| South Durham Area | |||
| 7/67 to Lambton Engine Works (to remove Mechanical
Stoker) 2/68 to Dawdon Colliery Standby to diesel by 1/4/74 |
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