During the Second World War the Railway Executive Committee (REC) were
called upon to provide heavy freight locomotives for military
service. They considered the Great Central Railway (GCR)
Robinson 2-8-0, as used in the First World War, also the GWR 2-8-0, but
both were rejected on the grounds of limited route availability.
The REC decided upon the LMS Stanier 8F, which was
the most advanced heavy freight steam locomotive design of the time.
Experience soon showed that the LMS Stanier 8F was unsuitable for
wartime conditions as construction required too many
man hours. Also it used
materials which were either in short supply due to war conditions or
were likely to become so. The task of designing a new Austerity
equivalent of the loco was given to Robert Arthur Riddles (MIMechE), the
LMS Mechanical & Electrical Engineer (Scotland). In total 935
examples were ordered by the Ministry of Supply.
Austerity 2-8-0: WD 77061. In 1948
this locomotive was allocated to BR's Eastern Region.
This locomotive was delivered new by the North British Loco Co to the
Ministry of Supply (MoS) in June 1943 as WD 7061 and was loaned to the
LMS. In January 1945 it entered War Department (WD) service.
Post-war it was loaned to the LNER from January 1947. In December 1948
it became BR 90532. It was withdrawn in November 1962. The photo
location is Princess Risborough.
US Army Transport Corps diagram of the
British Riddles Austerity 2-8-0 steam locomotive
The North British Locomotive Co in Glasgow built 545 of these
locomotives and the Vulcan Foundry at Newton-le-Willows built 390 of
them.
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WD
Number |
Builder |
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800
to 879 |
North
British Loco Co |
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7000
to 7049 |
North
British Loco Co |
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7050
to 7149 |
Vulcan
Foundry |
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7150
to 7449 |
North
British Loco Co |
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7450
to 7459 |
Vulcan
Foundry |
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8510
to 8624 |
North
British Loco Co |
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8625
to 8718 |
Vulcan
Foundry |
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9177
to 9312 |
Vulcan
Foundry |
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Austerity 2-8-0: LNER 3080
Behind the tender is 4-wheel class Y3 Sentinel geared steam locomotive
LNER 8172.
LNER 3080 was originally built by the North British Loco Co as WD 7284,
renumbered WD 77284. She became BR 90080 and was initially
allocated to Woodford depot. Withdrawal from service came in
February 1966.
Austerity 2-8-0: LNER 3056
The LNER acquired 200 Austerity 2-8-0s in 1946 as class O7 and numbered
them 3000 to 3199.
This particular locomotive was originally built by the North British
Loco Co as WD 827, later WD 70827. In BR days it became 90056 and
was initially allocated to Woodford depot. It was withdrawn from service
May 1967. The location of the photograph is Princess Risborough.
Railway Executive Committee (REC) Diagram of
the Riddles Austerity 2-8-0
Austerity 2-8-0: BR 63043.
This loco was built by the North British loco Co as WD 7448, later
renumbered as WD 77448 and LNER 3043. At the time of this
photograph it was allocated to Woodford depot. It was finally
withdrawn as BR 90043 in December 1965.
Initially BR prefixed former LNER locomotive numbers by the letter
"E". Later the "E" was dropped and the former
LNER numbers were increased by 60000 (as in this example).
Eventually the Austerity 2-8-0s were all renumbered from BR 90000
upwards
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Pony
Wheels |
3
ft 2 ins |
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Driving
Wheels |
4
ft 8½
ins |
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Cylinders |
19
x 28 ins |
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Boiler
Length |
11
ft 7½
ins |
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Boiler
Diameter |
5
ft 8½ ins |
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Boiler
Pressure |
225
lbs / sq in |
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Weight
Empty |
65
tons 0 cwt |
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Weight
Working |
70
tons 5 cwt |
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Tractive
Effort |
34,215
lbs |
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Tender
Wheels |
3
ft 2 ins |
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Tender
Coal |
9
tons 0 cwt |
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Tender
Water |
5,000
gals |
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Austerity 2-8-0: BR 90093. BR renumbered it's Austerity 2-8-0s from 90000 to 90732
This loco was built by the North British Loco Co as WD 78582, later LNER
3093 and BR 63093. For much of its BR existence it was based at
Peterborough New England depot. It was withdrawn in August 1962.
The photograph was taken at Princess Risborough.
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