Drummond T9 "Greyhound" class 4-4-0
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Nº113 hauling a train near Bournemouth during 1939. This was the first
T9 to be built at Nine Elms, in June 1899, as all the previous locos had been
built by Dübs & Co. The somewhat confusing system of calling a class by the
first loco's running number if built by an outside contractor or by class
if built in-house makes this the first "official" T9, the previous
locos originally being known as "702s", or colloquially as
"Dübs Express". Nº113 was also one of the unfortunate locos
involved in the oil burning experiment, which led to premature withdrawal in
May 1951.
photograph: Mike Morant collection |
| Nº301 of December 1900 on a pre-grouping train.
photograph: Mike Morant collection |
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Nº310 of April 1901 on an unidentified train during Southern days,
date unknown. Note the wider splashers on these last two locomotives when
compared with earlier engines, such as Nº113 above and Nº30282
below.
photograph: Mike Morant collection |
| Nº30282 on shed at Bournemouth
during BR days. The class spent most of its twilight years working the Withered
Arm and secondary traffic in Hampshire.
photograph: Mike Morant collection |
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Nº30119 photographed on the Windsor side of Clapham
Junction. For many years from 1935 this engine was kept in pristine condition,
painted in green with engine and tender wheels lined out, black shaded gilt
lettering and numerals and with the metalwork highly burnished and a number of
her fittings chrome plated. An organ pipe whistle was fitted and plaques
bearing the royal coat of arms were provided for fitting to the leading
splashers when required. Seen here, probably in 1948, in early British Railways
livery, she was withdrawn in December 1952. At one time suggested for
preservation, that choice finally settled on the next loco in line,
Nº30120.
photograph: Mike Morant collection |
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