Gresley B17 Sandringham & Footballers class & Thompson B2 rebuild

I have started to add a lot of new photos of Gresley’s B17 ‘Sandringham & Footballers’ design
Just 1 new photo of the locos that were streamlined and looked like a mini A4
2859 East Anglian unknown location (streamlined as Class B17-5 Jun 1936. Rebuilt de-Streamlined as sub Class B17-6 Jan 1951)
https://tinyurl.com/2eyf8sfs

Neil

 

I have started to add a lot of new photos of Gresley’s B17 ‘Sandringham & Footballers’ design
I have added 7 new photos to the Gresley B17 'Sandringham' collection in the LNER era
Including this photo of
2832 Belvoir Castle unknown location Gresley B17 Sandringham class (later rebuilt as B2 by Thompson)
https://tinyurl.com/8yw9akff
new photos start here with
1638 Melton Hall unknown
https://tinyurl.com/2ustf5rw
to
2840 Somerleyton Hall
https://tinyurl.com/3fhn9up6

Neil

 

I have started to add a lot of new photos of Gresley’s B17 ‘Sandringham & Footballers’ design
I have added new photos to the Gresley B17 'Footballer’ collection in the LNER era
Including this rare photo of
2870 Tottenham Hotspur only carried this name for 4 months from May 1937 to September 1937
https://tinyurl.com/skfrpayk
New photos start here
https://tinyurl.com/3dk86c9j

Neil

 

I have started to add a lot of new photos of Gresley’s B17 ‘Sandringham & Footballers’ design
I have added over 90 photos to the Gresley B17 ‘Sandringham’ class collection in the B.R. era
Including this photo taken in Yorkshire
61633 Kimbolton Castle Sheffield Victoria
https://tinyurl.com/8bcbe5vn
Full collection starts here with
61600 Sandringham Liverpool St
https://tinyurl.com/vwtpcr7s
to 61610 Honingham Hall
https://tinyurl.com/575hchcr
to 61620 Clumber Cambridge June 1960
https://tinyurl.com/3njaat95
to 61626 Brancepeth Castle March 12th March 1950
https://tinyurl.com/3sx8b62j
to 61636 Harlaxton Manor Doncaster 24th May 1952
https://tinyurl.com/4pakj5e2
to 61641 Gayton Hall March
https://tinyurl.com/3syrbrwp
to 61670 City of London Ipswich
https://tinyurl.com/h4cc2txc

Neil

 

I have started to add a lot of new photos of Gresley’s B17 ‘Sandringham & Footballers’ design
In September 1937 two locomotives (Nos. 2859 Norwich City and 2870 Tottenham Hotspur) were streamlined in the manner of the LNER Class A4s, renamed East Anglian and City of London and intended for use on the East Anglian train. They were designated B17/5. However, the streamlining was cladding for publicity purposes only and had little effect on the overall speed of the locomotive. By 1951 both engines had been stripped of the streamlining altogether
I found this photo mixed in with the ordinary B17’s as it has gained its B.R. number, the only photo I have of these 2 locos with B.R. number
61659 East Anglian at Cambridge
https://tinyurl.com/3y9k59tc

Neil

 

I have started to add a lot of new photos of Gresley’s B17 ‘Sandringham & Footballers’ design
This final collection features the locos named after Football teams in the B.R. era
Including this loco named after my local team
61653 Huddersfield Town on March shed 8th April 1959
https://tinyurl.com/yc7ja9mz
Full collection starts here with
61650 Grimsby Town
https://tinyurl.com/2p97jtdm
to
61654 Sunderland unknown location
https://tinyurl.com/4r5fnhyf
to
61662 Manchester United at Grantham c1951
https://tinyurl.com/2nas49ez
to
61672 West Ham United Hackney Downs 27th June 1957
https://tinyurl.com/2punubjb

Neil

 

Thompson again messing with Gresley locos
On Thompson's succession to Gresley in 1941, he quickly initiated a wide-ranging standardisation plan.
In 1942, initial plans for these rebuilds kept the Gresley appearance but increased the boiler pressure to 220psi. Rebuilds did not start until 1945, by which time the cylinders had been repositioned slightly. This resulted in the bogie moving forward by 5in. The boiler pressure was raised slightly to 225psi and was of the Diagram 100A type from the Thompson B1 design
Ten members of the three-cylinder B17 'Sandringham' Class would be rebuilt as two-cylinder Thompson B2s.
I have added just 1 new photo to this collection
61644 Earlham Hall ex works unknown location
https://tinyurl.com/2p89jzu6
Full collection starts here with LNER era locos
1607 Blickling
https://tinyurl.com/y97uhmd7
B.R. era starts here with
61603 Framlingham unknown location
https://tinyurl.com/4n5ksv5b
to
61616 Fallodon
https://tinyurl.com/59t9mntr
to Royal Train loco
61671 Royal Sovereign
https://tinyurl.com/5edjw6p5

Neil