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Maunsell Locomotives of the Southern Railway : Schools Class

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  1. neildimmer

    neildimmer Resident of Nat Pres

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    Of all Richard Maunsell's designs for the Southern Railway his "Schools" Class V is without hesitation not only his most successful but without doubt one of the finest applications of British steam locomotive practice ever
    With the new Lord Nelson class and King Arthur class engines maintaining the majority of express passenger services the operating department issued a requirement for an express passenger locomotive of intermediate power that would be able to operate on lines with severe restrictions such as the Tonbridge to Hastings and Chatham to Ramsgate lines. The initial reaction was to offer a cut down (3 cylindered 4 drivered) Lord Nelson. However this was not found to be practicable since the use of the Nelson's Belpaire firebox within a such a restricted loading gauge would severely impede the forward view from the cab. The solution was to use a shortened King Arthur pattern boiler but retaining the full late series N15/S15 firebox. The boiler operating pressure was 220 psi - 20 psi higher than a King Arthur. The end result more than exceeded expectations since the design proved to be extremely free steaming even with poor grades of coal and with remarkably low internal friction contributing to a tractive effort of 25120 lb - only 200 lb less than a King Arthur. With that power and only 42 tons adhesion weight the class required careful handling when starting from rest!
    The first engine emerged from Eastleigh works in mid-March 1930 and was numbered 900. Reflecting the by-now successful public relations policy the class was to be named after Public boarding schools - a traffic flow with which at the start and end of school terms the railway had a long association. 900 was named Eton. It was displayed to the public at Waterloo on 26th March 1930 and not long after taken to Windsor for inspection by boys of that College. This practice was repeated with the relevant school with many of the new introductions.
    This collection features 900-903 built 1930 at Eastleigh
    900 Eton in ex works condition
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    901 Winchester
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    902 Wellington
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    903 Charterhouse

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    903 Charterhouse Charing Cross
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    Neil
     
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    Lovely photos of my favourite class of Southern locomotives!

    Thanks for sharing!

    Knut:)
     
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  3. neildimmer

    neildimmer Resident of Nat Pres

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    This collection features 30900-30903 built 1930 at Eastleigh in the B.R years


    30900 Eton Hither Green 24th May 1952



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    30901 Winchester Brighton July 1953

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    30902 Wellington Eastleigh 4th April 1953

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    30902 Wellington Nine Elms shed 24th April 1960

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    30903 Charterhouse at St Leonards

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    Neil
     
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