Urie H16 class 4-6-2T
photograph by Alan Robinson 30519 stored pending withdrawal at Feltham in August 1962. |
| In association with the construction of the marshalling yard at Feltham, Urie built five heavy tank locomotives similar to the G16 'hump' shunters. The five new tank locomotives, the H16 class, shared many common components and design features with the G16, such as identical boiler, motion and bogies as well as similar cylinders. The driving wheels were larger than those on the G16s at 5'7" and an extra large bunker was carried by a radial truck and design to increase the carrying water capacity of the locomotive. They were even heavier than the G16, weighing in at 98½ tons. Other than the change to Maunsell pattern superheaters, the class had virtually no alteration throughout their lives. |
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Nº520 captured on shed during Southern railway days.
photograph: Mike Morant collection |
| Nº518 photographed at Feltham on 6th May 1938.
photograph by Mike Morant |
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| They were primarily intended for goods traffic between Feltham and Brent (MR) and Willesden (LNWR). Although they were used on special passenger trains, such as during Ascot Race Week, they were not wholly suitable for such jobs with their limited water supply and rough riding when running bunker first. Unlike the plain black livery of the G16s, the H16s were given the standard Southern passenger livery of lined Olive Green. This changed to a plain black livery during WWII which was retained by most of them during BR days. During the 1950s the H16s were regularly employed on Clapham Jc-Waterloo empty stock duties and in their final years found regular employment on the Fawley branch oil trains. Their days were numbered however, with the rapid onset of dieselisation and all were withdrawn at the end of 1962. None has been preserved. |
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Nº30518 captured with a sister engine at an unknown
location.
photograph by Keith Harwood |
| Nº30518 once again, also in charge of a rake of
passenger stock, though this time an ECS working, at Clapham Junction.
photograph: Mike Morant collection |
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Only seen infrequently on passenger trains, Nº30517 is
on railtour duty at Motspur Park on 9th December 1962. The tour was part of the
Beattie's farewell tour - and was after the official withdrawal date of
the H16s!
photograph by Mike Morant |
Technical Details
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| LSWR Nº | SR Nº # | BR Nº | Built | Maunsell S/H | Withdrawn |
| 516 | 516 | 30516 | Nov 1921 | Aug 1929 | Nov 1962 |
| 517 | 517 | 30517 | Nov 1921 | May 1929 | Nov 1962 |
| 518 | 518 | 30518 | Dec 1921 | Mar 1929 | Nov 1962 |
| 519 | 519 | 30519 | Jan 1922 | Apr 1928 | Nov 1962 |
| 520 | 520 | 30520 | Feb 1922 | Dec 1929 | Nov 1962 |
# Between 1923 and 1928 SR numbers were the LSWR numbers with the added prefix 'E' All locomotives were based at Feltham |
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