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. 


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95. S&DJR Sentinels class Details

  1. Railroad/Basic: Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway (S&DJR) Sentinel locomotives

  2. Engine: Tank Locomotive 

  3. Designer:  Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway 

  4. Builder: Sentinel Waggon Works

  5. Built (Year): 1929 => 2 locomotives

  6. Withdrawn: 1959 & 1961 (Retired year)

    1. locomotive #47191-1959 from Bath Green Park

    2. locomotive 47190 in 1961 from Bristol (Barrow Road)

  7. Number of Wheels: 6 Wheels

  8. Configuration: 0-4-0VBT

  9. Disposition-Preservation/Scrapped 

    1. 2 locomotive (No. 1361 & No. 3750)-Scrapped 



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96. LSWR N15 class Details

  1. Railroad/Basic: LSWR N15 class

  2. Engine: Tender Locomotive 

  3. Designer: Robert Urie,Richard Maunsell (redesign) & Oliver Bulleid (modifications) 

  4. Builder: SR Eastleigh Works (44) & North British Locomotive Co. (30)

  5. Built (Year): 1918-1927 => 74 locomotives

    1. SR Eastleigh Works (44)

    2. North British Locomotive Co. (30)

  6. Withdrawn: 1953-1962 (Retired year)

  7. Number of Wheels: 10 Wheels

  8. Configuration: 4-6-0

  9. Disposition-Preservation/Scrapped 

    1. 1 locomotive SR #477-Preserved 

    2. 2 boilers-Preserved 

    3. 73 locomotive scrapped 



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97. GER Class A55 Details

  1. Railroad/Basic: GER Class A55

  2. Engine: Tank Locomotive 

  3. Designer: James Holden

  4. Builder: Stratford Works

  5. Built (Year): 1902 => 1 locomotive

  6. Withdrawn: 1906 (Rebuilt year)

  7. Number of Wheels: 10 Wheels

  8. Configuration: 0-10-0WT

  9. Disposition-Preservation/Scrapped 

    1. Rebuilt in 1906 as 0-8-0 and later scrapped



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98. Canadian National Class U-4a Details

  1. Railroad/Basic: Canadian National Class U-4a
  2. Engine: Tender Locomotive
  3. Designer: Canadian National Railway
  4. Builder: Montreal Locomotive Works
  5. Built (Year): 1936 => 5 locomotives
  6. Withdrawn: 1960-1961 (withdrawn years)
  7. Number of Wheels: 12 Wheels
  8. Configuration: 4-8-0
  9. Disposition-Preservation/Scrapped
    1. 1 locomotive-preserved (#6400)
    2. 4 locomotives-scrapped (#6401-6404)


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