LNWR Ramsbottom 0-4-0ST
LNWR G2a 0-8-0 (this page)
BR 49340 climbs Shap.
Five guards vans are at the head of the train, four of them to William
Stanier's 20-ton LMS standard design. Photograph Edward Talbot
collection.
Former BR 49395, an ex-LNWR steam locomotive,
at Blists Hill in Ironbridge on 13th November 1983. Like other LNWR
engines, these featured "H" section spokes. The third set of
driving wheels from the front were flangeless in order to help the
locomotive negotiate curves.
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The
G2a class steam locomotives were designed by C J Bowen-Cooke of the London
& North Western Railway (LNWR) and were built at Crewe Works.
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BR 49249 on the flat crossing at
Earlstown 24th July 1953. Photograph Edward Talbot collection.
Front view of BR 49395 at Blists Hill in Ironbridge on 13th November 1983.
This locomotive was built at Crewe Works in 1921 as LNWR number
485. After 1923 it became LMS number 49395, and after 1948 it
became BR number 49395.
Diagram of a Class G2a 0-8-0 Locomotive.
BR 49395 at Grosmont on the North
Yorkshire Railway. Photograph David Monk-Steel.
LMS 9136, former LNWR 1462 steam
locomotive, seen in the 1920s after it had returned from military
service in France during the First World War. Photograph by permission
of Edward Talbot.
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LNWR Crewe Works
C J Bowen-Cooke
4ft 5.5in
20.5in x 24in
28,043 lbs
7F
Superheated
175 psi
62 tons 0 cwt
Joy Piston Valves
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Side view of former BR 49395, an ex-LNWR locomotive,
at Blists Hill in Ironbridge on 13th November 1983.
LMS 9339 inside Tebay shed along with
2-6-4T LMS 16. Photograph Edward Talbot collection.
BR 49428 and Stanier 8F 48465 at Monsal
Dale with a down freight 16th May 1959.
Photograph Edward Talbot collection.
A further diagram of a Class G2a 0-8-0 Locomotive.
LMS 9263 at Newbold troughs in 1928. Photograph
H Gordon Tidey via Edward Talbot.
An almost frontal view of former BR 49395
at Tyseley on 5th December 1989.
BR 48930 takes water at Sutton Coldfield
2nd June 1962 whilst on a Stephenson Locomotive Society special. The
tender is number 1450. This part of Sutton Coldfield goods yard
was the original terminus station, but was bypassed when the line to
Lichfield and beyond was built. Photograph Edward Talbot
collection.
Steam locomotive 49395 again at Blists Hill in Ironbridge on 13th November 1983.
This view shows the typical LNWR "water cart" (the tender) and
the enclosed cab that is thought to have been added in BR days.
LMS steam locomotive 9415 in G2 form at
Castlethorpe Troughs. Photograph H Gordon Tidey via Edward Talbot
LMS 9142 in G1 form at Northampton Castle
with an up goods train 15th October 1938. Photograph L Hanson via Edward Talbot.
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