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Stirling No.1

Discussie in 'Steam Traction' gestart door neildimmer, 22 mei 2014.

  1. neildimmer

    neildimmer Resident of Nat Pres

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    I have added the 1st collection of the revamped LNER steam galleries featuring in date order of the Loco designers
    The 1st collection features the GNR locos of Patrick Stirling, majority of the photos are of preserved No.1
    other Stirling locos are
    G1 Class
    http://railway-photography.smugmug.com/LNERSteam/Stirling-Locomotives/GNR-Ivatt-locomotives-assorted/i-W69r29v
    J6 class
    http://railway-photography.smugmug.com/LNERSteam/Stirling-Locomotives/GNR-Ivatt-locomotives-assorted/i-4Bg5dtC
    included are 2 photos of No.1 in steam on the GCR
    http://railway-photography.smugmug.com/LNERSteam/Stirling-Locomotives/GNR-Ivatt-locomotives-assorted/i-qJMGwkh
    http://railway-photography.smugmug.com/LNERSteam/Stirling-Locomotives/GNR-Ivatt-locomotives-assorted/i-vbdvwQR
    remainder of photos of No.1 are at S&D 150
    http://railway-photography.smugmug.com/LNERSteam/Stirling-Locomotives/GNR-Ivatt-locomotives-assorted/i-rnGKqFk
    NRM York
    http://railway-photography.smugmug.com/LNERSteam/Stirling-Locomotives/GNR-Ivatt-locomotives-assorted/i-VMSMz3k
    & Shildon
    http://railway-photography.smugmug.com/LNERSteam/Stirling-Locomotives/GNR-Ivatt-locomotives-assorted/i-crD78Mn
    Neil
     
    neildimmer, 22 mei 2014
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  2. ADB968008

    ADB968008 Guest

    Good timing, the real thing has just received the correct type GNR tender in the last few weeks..
     
    ADB968008, 23 mei 2014
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  3. Martin Perry

    Martin Perry Nat Pres stalwart Staff Member Moderator Friend

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    So what replica are we going to build using the tender then??!! :D
     
    Martin Perry, 23 mei 2014
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  4. Peter Hall

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    The Stirling Single tender project is another 'good news' story for the NRM. Strangely I can find no mention of it on the NRM website, neither have the entries for the locomotive or tender been updated.
     
    Peter Hall, 23 mei 2014
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  5. ADB968008

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    I hope it doesn't get left to rot, but as a restored object I'd be sure some exhibition purpose could be found for it, even if not at York.
     
    ADB968008, 23 mei 2014
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    Maybe a "replica" - i.e. non functioning - Sturrock locomotive? Thinking a bit like the replica Bloomer (not Tysley's one, the other one which used to be outside Wolverton works). Something which could be a potential project for some graduates or enthusiasts with a reasonable goal of producing something to go ahead of that tender.
     
    S.A.C. Martin, 23 mei 2014
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    david1984 Resident of Nat Pres

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    Have No 1 running with two tenders to extend it's range like Bittern, should be able to pull all of load 1 behind it then ;)

    Seriously though, I think the inauthentic tender is more asthetically pleasing, the correct one looks too large in proportion.
     
    david1984, 23 mei 2014
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  8. Peter Hall

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    For just that reason the locomotive acquired the wrong tender many years ago and thus is part of its history now. I suspect both tenders will be retained and the one paired with the locomotive will be switched from time to time depending on the emphasis of the display at the time.
     
    Peter Hall, 24 mei 2014
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    Anthony Coulls Well-Known Member

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    Correct Peter - as for the website and collection entries, there are major problems at present and folks are working on it.
     
    Anthony Coulls, 24 mei 2014
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    I remember being absolutely stunned when I saw the almost-complete tender on display during the "Great Goodbye"! A really worthwhile project, yet it seems to have slipped almost completely under the radar.

    However, ask Flickr and thou shalt recieve...

    https://www.flickr.com/photos/beech...CUD-kM2VKM-kM3DWt-kHdfnk-kHcYEZ-kHcMex-kHdoGK

    S. A. C. Martin - I love the Sturrock locomotive idea. I wonder Doncaster might like to have such a replica for display in the town? I remember there was talk a few years ago of Henry Oakley going to Doncaster for permanent display, so clearly there is some appetite in the town for a visible memorial to the town's locomotive-building heritage!
     
    MuzTrem, 24 mei 2014
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  11. S.A.C. Martin

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    Just seen the Flickr photograph - what an absolutely astonishing transformation of that tender! She looks exquisite, as Stirling intended.

    The difference in size of the tenders is incredible. The Sturrock tender would look good behind a replica, and to be fair, there are few locomotives of that era surviving, so an exercise in research and metalwork might prove interesting and provide a new and welcome exhibit to further the interest for that period in the pre-grouping history of the GNR and railways in general.
     
    S.A.C. Martin, 25 mei 2014
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    Edit, wrong thread
     
    dan.lank, 17 jun 2014
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  14. Drysdale

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    Neil, nice enough photos but why here, surely this comes under the heading of 'photography'?
     
    Drysdale, 17 jun 2014
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