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Steam Locos at Huddersfield over 100 years ago

Discussion in 'Steam Traction' started by neildimmer, Jun 19, 2012.

  1. neildimmer

    neildimmer Resident of Nat Pres

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    Evening all

    I have placed a lot of old steam loco photos some over 100 years ago taken at Huddersfield, locos are either LNWR or L&Y railway,
    a lot of the infrastructure has now disappeared including the signal box on a gantry on the viaduct approach to Huddersfield Station
    Pre 1968 Steam Locomotives - Railway-Photography's Photos | SmugMug
    compared with this one taken in 2007, the point of focus being the semi-circular bridge support
    Class 185 - Railway-Photography's Photos | SmugMug

    Also included is this photo from 1905 of a accident on the viaduct
    Pre 1968 Steam Locomotives - Railway-Photography's Photos | SmugMug

    Full collection
    Pre 1968 Steam Locomotives - Railway-Photography's Photos | SmugMug

    Neil
     
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  2. knotty

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    Some wonderful depictions of the LNWR. Thank you for sharing!
     
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  3. Lplus

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    Photo no 2 shows a loco with outside valve gear and inside cylinders. weird
     
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    It's a 'Tishy', five of the Prince of Wales class were turned out with outside Walschaerts valve gear actuating inside valves. The reason for this arrangement was to overcome the problem of connecting rod fractures at the jack link pin-hole with the original Joy valve gear. Their LMS numbers were 5632, 5372, 5388, 5726 (pictured) and 5845. The last mentioned was built after the grouping and took the name 'Prince of Wales' for a short while when it was exhibited (as I remember) at Wembly. The nickname derived from a contemporary racehorse (Tishy) which reputedly crossed it's legs while running!

    Hope that this is of interest,

    David
     
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  5. neildimmer

    neildimmer Resident of Nat Pres

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    Thanks for that info David. I have placed it into the caption

    Neil
     
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    The Walschaerts valve gear was applied to five locos after the Betley Road accident in which a Prince of Wales fractured a connecting rod on the descent into Crewe from the South in 1923. In the MoT report on the accident the LMS said it planned to introduce a new design of connecting rod for Prince of Wales locos retaining the original valve gear (i.e. almost all of them). This was to be appreciably strengthened near the jack link pin hole and to have an improved big end and small end. Does anybody know (or know the whereabouts of) exact information on this rod?
     
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