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Technical details

SeriesModified Merchant Navy class
Set-up2'C1' (4-6-2)
Length21820 mm
Diameter driving wheels1880 mm
Weight full100 ton
Grate area5 m2
GearWalschaerts
Cilinders3: 457x610 mm
Fuel capacitycoal: 5,1 ton
Water capacity27 m3
Power149.0 kN
RemarksOriginally these engines were equiped with a chain-driven valve gear designed by Bulleid and with an air-smoothed casing. Both were changed during a re-design by British Railways.

History

DateEventOwnerSeriesIdentification
1941 Build for Southern Railway SR Merchant Navy Peninsular & Oriental S. N. Co./ 21C6
1948 Take over by British Railways Merchant Navy Peninsular & Oriental S. N. Co./ 35006
1959 Rebuild by British Railways Modified Merchant Navy Peninsular & Oriental S. N. Co./ 35006
1964 Sold to Woodham Brothers (Barry Scrapyard) Merchant Navy Peninsular & Oriental S. N. Co./ 35006
1983 Sold to 35006 Locomotive Company Ltd. Merchant Navy Peninsular & Oriental S. N. Co./ 35006
1983 On loan to Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Merchant Navy Peninsular & Oriental S. N. Co./ 35006

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