Realise a proposed British steam engine

Throughout the steam era there has been a lot of proposed but not realised steam design put forward from different engineers. Many of them included also interesting sketches or even more detailed drawings.
Let`s imagine that one of these projects was going to be created as a new build. Which engine(s) would you love to see become a reality?

Knut

 

Standard Class 2-8-2 as originally proposed by Riddles.

 

The other 4 Leaders…

 

The Cambrian 2-6-0...

 

The LMS three-cylinder compound 4-6-0 from 1924.

 

Gresley 4-8-2 or 4-6-4 for me! Or, more practically, the proposed Gresley 3-cyl 2-6-4T (although I'd settle for a Thompson L1 for the NYMR).

 

A 2-10-0 which the LYR designed just before the first world war, and came close to being built

 

Wardale’s 5AT 4-6-0. Would it actually have turned out as ugly as it looked in the concept drawings?

 

Fugliness is in the eye of the beholder! Teensy weensy chimneys do nothing for me.

There are a couple of designs I could think of which would've been better for non-interference from without the CME's dept!

 

Stanier/Hawksworth Compound Castle

 

Hughes pacific


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All of those. (WIBN)

 

Interesting. Do you have any drawings of this Cartman?

Knut

 

R W Urie's 4-8-0. Or was it just a figment of Stephen Townroe's imagination?
Pat

 

The LYR 2-10-0. Ah this is the impressive Lanky Flamme, I think someone made a 4mm model of the proposal years ago, it was in Railway Modeller or similar, strong Belgian influence.

Dave

 

Ditto.

 

Bulleid’s proposed 2-8-2

 

The GCR Baldwin monster, a 2-10-0 (IIRC) with two simple cylinders on each side driving via a double crosshead/slidebar arrangement

 

With or without K-H front truck?

I've always wondered at the lack of genuinely non-stop services of Southern services between Waterloo and Exeter. Did the serious 1906 accident at Salisbury become so indelibly ingrained in the company's psyche that not even higher capacity water carts were ever considered for showcase express serices?