Steam Train Posts #95-98:S&DJR Sentinels class,LSWR N15,GER A55 and Canadian National Class U-4a locomotive
Good Saturday afternoon folks. It is time for another edition of Steam Train Posts, #95-98 for Saturday May 13th. On this edition of Steam Train Posts, we take a trip from the Pennsylvania Railroad to Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway (S&DJR) to see their Sentinel locomotives before going to London and South Western Railway to see their N15 class locomotives. Afterward travel to the Great Eastern Railway to see their class A55 locomotives before ending with a trip to Canada National Railway to see their U-4a class locomotives.
95. S&DJR Sentinels class Details
Railroad/Basic: Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway (S&DJR) Sentinel locomotives
Engine: Tank Locomotive
Designer: Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
Builder: Sentinel Waggon Works
Built (Year): 1929 => 2 locomotives
Withdrawn: 1959 & 1961 (Retired year)
locomotive #47191-1959 from Bath Green Park
locomotive 47190 in 1961 from Bristol (Barrow Road)
Number of Wheels: 6 Wheels
Configuration: 0-4-0VBT
Disposition-Preservation/Scrapped
2 locomotive (No. 1361 & No. 3750)-Scrapped
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96. LSWR N15 class Details
Railroad/Basic: LSWR N15 class
Engine: Tender Locomotive
Designer: Robert Urie,Richard Maunsell (redesign) & Oliver Bulleid (modifications)
Builder: SR Eastleigh Works (44) & North British Locomotive Co. (30)
Built (Year): 1918-1927 => 74 locomotives
SR Eastleigh Works (44)
North British Locomotive Co. (30)
Withdrawn: 1953-1962 (Retired year)
Number of Wheels: 10 Wheels
Configuration: 4-6-0
Disposition-Preservation/Scrapped
1 locomotive SR #477-Preserved
2 boilers-Preserved
73 locomotive scrapped
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97. GER Class A55 Details
Railroad/Basic: GER Class A55
Engine: Tank Locomotive
Designer: James Holden
Builder: Stratford Works
Built (Year): 1902 => 1 locomotive
Withdrawn: 1906 (Rebuilt year)
Number of Wheels: 10 Wheels
Configuration: 0-10-0WT
Disposition-Preservation/Scrapped
Rebuilt in 1906 as 0-8-0 and later scrapped
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98. Canadian National Class U-4a Details
- Railroad/Basic: Canadian National Class U-4a
- Engine: Tender Locomotive
- Designer: Canadian National Railway
- Builder: Montreal Locomotive Works
- Built (Year): 1936 => 5 locomotives
- Withdrawn: 1960-1961 (withdrawn years)
- Number of Wheels: 12 Wheels
- Configuration: 4-8-0
- Disposition-Preservation/Scrapped
- 1 locomotive-preserved (#6400)
- 4 locomotives-scrapped (#6401-6404)