1883

Builder Works No. Year Status Owner
Avonside 1883 1922 Awaiting Restoration P Steer

Delivered new to Haunchwood Colliery in North Warwickshire coalfield, the locomotive was transferred to Arley Colliery on closure of Haunchwood.

The engine received a new boiler in 1950, manufactured by Andrew Barclay of Kilmarnock, and a new inner firebox in 1961, manufactured by Hunslet of Leeds, with a new tube configuration.

The engine was purchased from Baddesley Colliery by the Dinting Railway Centre, arriving in Dinting during July 1975.  After a retube and minor repairs, the locomotive was steamed regularly for brakevan rides.  The engine was last steamed in April 1981, when it was stopped for a complete boiler overhaul.

On the closure of the railway centre, the engine was purchased by the present owner in July 1990, and moved to the Fleetwood Locomotive Centre, and then to Preston - arriving on 5th April 2002.

The Loco will be returned to steam after a full overhaul in the RSR workshop.

Cylinders, Diameter 16" Tank Capacity 1,200 gallons
Cylinders, stroke 24" Bunker Capacity 30 cwts
Working pressure 170 lb per sq in Weight of engine, Empty 34½ Tons
Diameter of coupled wheels 3' 9½" Weight of engine, Full 44 Tons
Coupled wheel base 11' 0" Minimum weight of rail per yd. 75 lbs
Total Wheel base 11' 0" Sharpest Curve 250 feet
Total heating surface 808 sq. ft Tractive effort at 80% B.P 18,364 lbs
Grate Area 12½ sq. ft Loco will haul on level 1,180 tons

 

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