Locomotive Railway Carriage & Wagon Review
Volume 32 (1926)

No. 401 (15 January 1926)

Southern Railway: three-cylinder tank locomotive. 1-2. illus., diagr. (s. & fr. els.)

New 2-6-0 locomotive, London, Midland and Scottish Ry. 2. diagr. (s. el.)

4-6-2 locomomtive, Leopoldina Railway. 3. illus.
Beyer Peacock: metre gauge

Munich Exhibition. 3.

Next cold season trains. 3
Bombay to Calcutta P&O Mail services

New locomotives for the South Australian Railways. 4-7. 2 illus., 3 diagrs. (s. & f els.)

Narrow gauge, superheater locomotive, North Western State Ry. of India. 7 illus.
2-8-2: 2ft 6in gauge supplied NBL

The "Sentinel" Patent steam locomotive. 8-10. 3 illus., diagr.
NCC No.91.

A link with Brunel and Stephenson. 10-12. 2 illus.
North Star: reconstruction exhibited at Stockton & Darling Centenary and at Wembley Exhibition. Original constructed by Robert Stephenson for broad gauge.

Veteran locomotives on the Spanish railways. 12. 5 illus.
Outside cylinder 0-6-0 supplied by Sharp Stewart (WN 2826/1879) for Madrid Saragosa Alicante line; inside cylinder 0-6-0 built Neilson c1865; 0-4-4T rebuilt from Sharp Stewart 0-4-2 WN 2684/1877; 2-4-0 on Andalusian Railway built Haine, St..Pierre WN 54/1874; Sharp Stewart 2-4-0 WN 3418/1888 acting as assisting engine on Toledo express.

Questions and answers.13-14.
No. 66. Which was a the first contionuous brake in use in this country?
Fay, Newall and Clark chain brakes introduced in 1860s. Fay & Newall on L&YR and B&MR. Wilkin & John Clark on Metropolitan Railway and LNWR: in case of latter as modified by Webb. Steel & McInnes c1871 introduced a compressed air brake on two Caledonian Railway trains. The system was heavier and more cumbersome than the Westinghouse system. An American John V. Smith took out a British Patent for a simple vacuum brake in 1874. It was improved by Hardy, an Englishman, working in Austria. Sanders and Bolitho invented an automatic vacuum brake in about 1877. Aspinall patented a form in 1878 whilst on the Great Southern & Western Railway.
No. 67. Does notching up a locomotive "very high" cause axleboxes to knock?
Suggested that cut-offs should not be shortened to lessw than 20%.

Correspondence (memstick)

Side stays for locomotive fireboxes. 15-16. 3 illus.
Previous part in Volume 31 page 319.

Electric blower for raising steam. 16-17. diagr. System adopted by Baltimore & Ohio RR.

Some interesting Palatinate Railway locomotives. 17-19. 6 illus. Four Cramptons supplied in 1853: No. 28 had been recobsructed for the Nuremberg Museum.

General Electric Company Traction Department. 19. Orders received included rolling stock for Euston to Watford swervice and for Undergriund Railway extensions.

Closure of the Wantage Tramway for passwsenger traffic. 20. illus. Ceased 31 July 1925,

The Dover Boat Train - Southern Railway, 21-3 + plate. 2 illus. Plate (sepia photograph by A.L.P. Reavil) depictsw N15 No. E771 Sir Sagramore??. Other photograph of L? class near Sevenoaks. Text refers to new rolling stock rather than motive power

Railway Centenary Celebrations, Shildon, Statue of Timothy Hackworth. 23-4. illus.

Jacquet, A. German locomotives of the Belgian State Railways. 24-5. 2 diagrs. (s. els.)
Next part see page 47.

London & North Eastern Ry. problem. 25.
Tanfield branch required rolling stock to be fitted with hanging buffers to enable coupling to chaldron wagons and to act as a timber dog for cable due to the sharp curvature. To avoid straightening the sharper curves the LNER was offering a reward for a solution.

Travelling cranes for railway service. 25-7. illus., 4 diagrs.
Previous mentioned 31, 360. Exhibited in Munich. Max Ostoff of Cottbus. Gebruder Dickertman. Intended to assist with wagon repairs by lifting wagon. Also description of plough steel rope (high tensile strength) supplied by George Cradock & Co, Wakefield.

London & North Eastern Ry. 27.
Thirty five J38 class 0-6-0 under construction for Scotland. Five X class 4-8-0Ts being delivered to Hull. New A1 class 2568, 2571, 2572, 2574, 2575, 2576 and 2580 Shotover.

Ahrons, E.L.. The early Great Western standard gauge engtines. 28-30. 6 illus.
Previous: 31, 351.

Novel oil tank wagons, Iraq Railways. 30-1. illus., diagr. (s. el.) Hurst Nelson metre gauge.

Articulated diesel-electric rail cars, Canadian National Rys. 31. 2 illus. Fitted with Beardmore engines.

40-ton well wagon, London Midland & Scottish Railway. 32. illus.

Rolling stock built during 1925: Cammell Laird & Co.'s report. 32-3.
Included Sentinel-Cammell steam railcars built for LNER, LMS (NCC) and for overseas.

Centenary of Matthew Murray. 33.
Appeal for memorial plaque to be placed in City Square, Leeds.

Serious accident involving Owen J.P. Wray. 33
Lubrication expert involved in motoring accident on Lynton Hill.

Southern Ry. 33.
John B. Elliot brought in to merge publicity and advertising activities. F.V. Milton to become assistant advertising manager and continue to edit SWouthern Railway Magazine.

Reviews. 33-4.
Building the Pacific railway. Edwin L. Sabin. Lippincott.
Union Pacific RR.

No. 402 (15 February)

New 0-6-2 tank engines, London and North Eastern Ry. 35; 37. illus.
N7 type as per GER.

Standard locomotives for the Government Railways of Colombia. 36-41. 2 illus., 4 diagrs (incl. 2 s. els.)
P.C. Dewhurst was Chief Mechanical Engineer. 1 in 30 (even 1 in 23.5) gradients and sharp curvature. Kitson 4-8-0 for 3ft gauge and Baldwin 4-8-0 for metre gauge.

London & North Eastern Railway. 40.
Reorganisation of Locomotive Running Department. J.H. Smeddle remained in charge at York. Assistants C.H. Stedman and H.J. Stephenson, formerly at Gateshead which had closed.

North Western State Ry. India. 40.
J.H. Smellie CME at Lahore: successor to T. Gregson who had retired.

Benguela Ry. 41.
Order placed with Beyer Peacock for six Beyer Garratts: 4-8-2+2-8-4: 3ft 6in gauge: Lentz poppet valves

Great Western Ry. 41.
Order for six 0-4-0Ts placed with Avonside.

Isle of Man Ry. 41.
Decision to fit automatic vacuum brake to all rolling stock.

Crown Agents. 41.
Orders placed: with Vulcan Foundry: eight 4-6-0 passenger locomotives for Ceylon Government Railways; fifteen 2-6-2 for Uganda Railway. With NBL three 4-6-0 for Nigerian Railway. With Kerr Stuart two narrow gauge 4-6-2 for the Mysore State Railways. Kitson-Meyer 2-6-6-2 were being supplied to the Colombian Northern Railway Girardot & Fachtativa line with 1 in 25 gradients.

A link with Brunel and Stephenson. 42-4. illus., 4 diagrs.
Correspondence between Robert Stephenson and Brunel

Alexander Allan. 44.
When in charge of Scottish Central Railway locomotives at Perth he introduced a cylindrical firebox which formed an extension to the boiler barrel and was wholly ssurrounded by water.

New tank engines for passenger traffic, London, Midland & Scottish Ry., Northern Division. 45. illus.
No. 15267 illustrated. Supplied Nasmyth Wilson for G&SWR Section.

London and North Eastern Ry. 45.
R. & W. Hawthorn Leslie Supplied thirteen 4-6-2Ts: No. 1712 sent to York; remainder to |Newcastle. K3 Nos. 202 and 203 formerly at Faverdale moved to Neasden. No. 200 exhibited at Wembley moved to Eastfield. J38 Nos. 1400-7 had been completed at Darlington Works..

Wantage Tramway. 45.
J. Bullock was the manager. An old South Devon Railway and No. 4 hsad been scrapped. No. 6 had been constructed to the patented design of James Matthews of Bristol and was tried on Liverpool tramways in 1881 and was acquired by the Wantage Tramway in 1885.

Garratt locomotives for the Bengal Nagpur Ry. 46. illus.
Beyer Peacock 2-8-0+0-8-2.

Metropolitan Ry. electrification of Widened Lines between King's Cross and Moorgate. 47 + plate
Plate shows No. 0-4-4T No. 316 leaving Aldersgate & Barbican (sepia photograph by A.L.P. Reavil) 

Jacquet, A. German locomotives of the Belgian State Railways. 47. diagr. (s. el.)
Previous part ended page 25. 0-8-0.

Goods locomotive with poppet valves, London & North Eastern Railway. 48-51. 4 illus., 3 diagrs.
J20 (Great Esatern Railway D81 Class) modified with Lentz poppet valve gear

Ahrons, E.L.. The early Great Western standard gauge engtines. 52-4.

Questions and answers. 54-5.
No. 68. What are meant by "Cole's Ratios" in estimating locomotive horse-power.
Five references given
No. 69. Why are some locomotives arranged with the horizontal outside cylinders about 2½in above the level of the centre line passing through the driving axle?
We do not know.

Poultney, E.C. Locomotive dimensions and proportions of the Pennsylvania R.R. 55-8. 6 diagrs.

Matthew Murray and the locomotive. 59.

Closing of the Portush & Giant's Causeway Electric Tramway. 60. illus.

London Midl;and & Scottish Ry. (L.& N.W. Section). 60.
Delivery of standard compounds: order completed with Nos. 1110-1114 (from Derby Works) and 1128-1134 (from Horwich). All 75 standard 4-4-0s in service formed from: 20 ex-Derby (1051-6; 1076-84; 1110-14); 20 ex-Horwich (1115-34); 10 NBL (1150-9) and 25 from Vulcan Foundry (1160-84). Ten Experiment class being rebuilt with Belpaire boilers including No. 2630 Buffalo. Two 0-6-2T Nos. 692 and 2355 fitted with motor train apparatus. Knott End Railway Jubilee Queen in Crewe Works for scrapping?

The Lambert patent wet sanding apparatus for locomotives. 61-2. 2 diagrs.
Fitted to latest series of Somerset & Dorset Joint 2-8-0s.

An electric works locomotive. 62. illus.
Trolley and battery electric locomotive used at the Westwood Works of Baker Perkins

Remodelled cars, Central London Ry. 68-9. illus.

La Guaia and Caracas Ry., Veneuela. 74
3ft gauge: electric traction supplied  via double diesel power plant

New South Wales Govt. Rys. 74.
2-8-0 locomotive No. 5363 ran away for 7 miles down bank at Blaxland

1,000 h.p. diesel oil-electric locomotive. 75. illus.
Baldwin shunter with two bogies

Locomotives for South African mines. 76. illus.
Andrew Barclay 4-6-0T (3ft 6in gguage) for Simmer & Jack Ltd

The Corcovado Rack Railway, Brazil. 76-8. 3 illus., diagr.
Includes gradient profile.

Modern locomotive superheating. 78-80.
Report on ILocoE paper by Geer

The Khyber Railway, India. 80-1. 2 illus.

Southern Heights Light Ry. 81.
Ministry of Transport Enquiry held in Orpington on 3 March 1926.

[Great Western Railway]. 81
Wireless reception experiment on down Cornish Riviera on 2 March 1926 with five loudspeaakers in dining saloon.

Jacquet, A. German locomotives of the Belgian State Railways. 81-3. 2 diagrs. (s. els.)
2-8-2T and 0-10-0T

Worthington feed check valve. 83. diagr.

London Midland & Scottish Ry. 83.
Widening of Acton Bridge to Weaver Junction section.

Southern Ry. 83.
New engine shed at Exmouth Junction.

Metropolitan Ry. 83.
Electrification of Widened Lines

Evolution of passenger travel on the L.M.S.R. (Midland Section). 84-7. 3 illus.
Contribution made by T.G. Clayton and later by R.W. Reid.

A link with Brunel and Stephenson. 88-92. 4 illus., 2 diagrs.

Order from South African Railways for Beyer Garratts. 92.
Order placed with Beyer Peacock for 3ft 6in gauge locomotves.

Inness, R.H. (unattributed): Locomotive history of the Stockton & Darlington Railway, 1825-1876. 93-4. 3 diagrs.
Link motion. Nos. 38 Rokeby and 39 Ruby were 2-4-0 passenger engines introduced in 1847.

London Midland and Scottish Ry. (L and N.W. Section). 94.
Crewe built 20 superheated 0-6-0 (4F) for Midland Division (Nos. 4157-66). B class compound 0-8-0 No. 405 converted to G1 class and superheated. No. 2624 Saracen fitted with Belpaire boiler and superheated.
"We understand" that a further series of George the Fifth class to be built at Crewe with Stephenson link motion; also further G2 class.
Locomotives broken up at Crewe included No. 193 Rocket; No. 1518 Countess; NLR Nos. 2841 and 2869; 4ft 6in tanks Nos. 521, 1440 and 1448 and Special DX No. 3127.
0-6-2T No. 3119 equipped with motor gear (push & pull). Sentinel Cammell railcar working between Bletchley and Oxford

Ahrons, E.L.. The early Great Western standard gauge engtines. 95-6. 4 illus.
0-4-2T

Dewhurst, P.C. The modern counter-pressure brake as used on steep-gradient railways. 96-7.
Terms it the repression brake. Fitted to Kitson-Meyer. Seals blast pipe from smokebox fumes and ashes.

London and North Eastern Ry. 97.
Corrects statement in previous Issue that Pacifics were working through from London to Newcastle.

Great Western Ry. 97.
0-6-2T class: series built to 5656

Questions and answers. 98.
No. 70. Can you explain how the Midand compound works as a semi-compound.
See Volume 18 page 36.
No. 71. Does a slide valve fall off its face when coasting?
The rattle indicates when the change takes place.
No. 72. Whaen a locomotive — such as the heavy 2-8-4 has an external pipe to the superheater header.

Underground locomotives. 97-9. 2 illus.
Refers back to August Issue. Metropolitan District Railway purchased Metropolitan Railway No. 22 (4-4-0T Beyer Peacock WN 709/1866, rebuilt Yorkshire Engine Co. in 1916): became MDR No. 35 painted a deeper chocolate colour. MDR No. 34 (Beyer Peacock WN 2056/1881) painted black (formerly olive green).

The 20-ton wagon. 99. illus.
Inducements by GWR to switch to higher capacity wagons in South Wales; also by North Eastern Railway.

Bogle's Bridge. 99.
Over Perth to Dunkeld road crossed at angle of 45°: reconstruction.

A miniature railway for the Sultan of Morocco. 99.
Present from King of Belgians with locomotive called Occident.

No. 404 (15 April 1926)

Tank locomotives for India, Eastern Bengal and Madras & Southern Mahratta Rys. 103-5. 2 illus., 2 diagrs (s. els.)
Kerr Stuart 2-6-4T for 5ft 6in gauge designed under supervision of Rendell Palmer & Tritton with inside cylinders (20 x 26in) and Belpaire fireboxes.

Oil burning locomotives for Jamaica. 105-6. illus.
2ft 6in gauge 2-6-0T for Jamaican Sugar Estates.

Southern Railway: new 4-4-0 type engines. 106. illus.
L1 No. A759 illustrated.

Single driver locomotive, Netherlands State Railways. 106. illus.
Preserved Beyer Peacock 2-2-2 of 1863.

The late Mr. E.L. Ahrons. 107.

"Mountain" type express locomotive, Northern Ry. of Spain. 107-9. diagr. (s. & f. sections and plan)
4-8-0

London, Midland & Scottish Ry. (L and N.W. Section). 109.
New 4F 0-6-0 type Nos. 4167-71 built at Crewe for Midland Section: Nos. 4172-6 to follow. Nos. 1994 Scottish Chief and 2630 Buffalo fitted with Belpaire non-superheater boilers. D class No. 1873 and G class No. 2656 converted to G1 type and superheated. No. 675 Adjutant converted from Precursor to George the Fifth. Nos. 1264, 1743 and 2623 fitted with Belpaire boilers. 19 inch goods No. 1645 fitted with bogie brakes. Following broken up: Nos. 766 Shap, 1045 Whitworth, 2180 Perserverence and Renown No. 1962 Aurora.

Broken Hill. 109.
Severe water shortage at Broken Hill in Australia. Water having to be transportred by railway 73 miles from Darling River

Welded locomotive tenders. 109.
Boston & Albany RR.

Vulcan Foundry. 109.
Contract to supply fifty 4-4-0 type to LMS

[Visit of American hotel proprietors to Britain]. 109
300 hotel proprietors from the USA were met at Plymouth by the GWR Superintendent of the Line, R.H. Nicholls, and conveyed to Paddington in two special trains hauled by No. 4085 Berkeley Castle and 4083 Abbotsbury Castle which performed the journey in 3 hours 53 minutes and 3 hours 54 minutes respectively: dinner was served en route.

The locomotive history of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway. 110-14. 6 illus., map.
A.G. Herbert, William Panel, Cyril Hitchcock and S.J. Sarjant (Locomotive Superintendent) assisted with writing the series.
James J. Berkley was resident engineer from 1849. J. Stuart Wortley was the chairman.

Rubber for rolling stock — its use, application and development. 114-16. 2 diagrs.
Load deflection diagram. Use in auxiliary bearing sprins.

4-8-0 locomotive for the Government Railways of Colombia. 116-17. illus. diagr. (s/f and section)
3ft gauge. To work on gradients as steep as 1 in 23½. Ordered by Dewhurst from Berlin Locomotive Works.

Dynamometer car, New York, Chicago & St. Louis RR. 118-19. 2 illus., plan

Instittution of Locomotive Engineers. 119-20.
A.M. Bell's Automatic mechanical couplers for railway rolling stock (Paper No. 199)

Vacuum operated application valve for air brake on the locomotive. 120. diagr.
Westinghouse

Locomotive with pay carriage Great Southern Railways of Ireland. 121-2. illus., diagr. (s. el.)
0-4-2T: originated as 0-4-4T with combined pay carriage in 1873, but separate vehicles from 1889. Sprite had run 1,221,257 miles. Also gives dimensions of Fairy.

L.B. Billinton. 122.
Appointed general manager of R.Y. Pickering of Wishaw (not mentioned in Marx biography)

A.E. Williams. 122
Appointed manager of GIPR carriage & wagon works at Matunga.

LNER orders. 122.
Twenty 0-6-2T from Beardmore and steam railcar from Clayton

Some recent Spanish locomotives. 122-4. illus., 4 diagrs. (s. els.)
Babcock & Willcox 0-8-0T, 0-6-0T for Santandar-Mediteraneo and Langrio Railway. 2-8-0 for mining company in South of Spain.

An experimental cut-testing apparatus. 124-5. 2 diagrs.
Losenhausenwerk

New South Wales Government Rys. 125.
Western section of City Railway in Sydney.

SS Induna. 125
Purchased by Railway Commissioners to cross Clarence River at Grafton.

Ahrons, E.L. The early Great Western standard gauge engines. 126-7.
0-6-0T of 1077 type; 2-4-0T of 627 class and 455 class.

Steam deflector. 127. illus.
No. 450 Sir Kay with "wings" alongside chimney.

New mogul type locomotive, London, Midland & Scottish Ry.. Loco. Rly Carr. Wagon Rev., 1926, 32, 239. illus.

Inness, R.H. (unattributed): Locomotive history of the Stockton & Darlington Railway, 1825-1876.  256-7.
Rokeby and Bouch feedwater heater

No. 409 (15 September 1926)

An echo of the Railway Centenary Celebrations. 300,

Correspondence. 306.
[Three-cylinder locomotives]. E. Joslin.

No. 410 (15 October 1926)

Recent Italian locomotives (steam). 307-8.

Inness, R.H. (unattributed): Locomotive history of the Stockton & Darlington Railway, 1825-1876. 362-3.
2-4-0 No. 66 ex Priam and NER No. 1068 Woodlands

Inness, R.H. (unattributed): Locomotive history of the Stockton & Darlington Railway, 1825-1876. 403-4.
No. 63 Birkbeck: drawing (s. el.), Bouch 0-6-0; diagram of Hackworth plug wheel