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J79
Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 10:28 pm
by Rlangham
Hi there, does anyone have any photos of the J79 tank loco, known as the H2 in NER service? I'm thinking about buying a model one but the only photo i've seen of one is on this website.
Cheers, Rob
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 1:21 am
by richard
RCTS Locomotives of the LNER Vo.8B will have some.
There should also be a Yeadon volume but I don't know if it has been published yet.
It is an obscure type, so don't expect many pictures - even in the RCTS book.
Richard
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 7:30 am
by jdtoronto
RCTS 8B has two photos, one of 407, one of 1787, thus capturing 2/3rds of the entire production of this loco. They were built in 1897 at Gateshead and a service stock loco, 1662 was transferred to running stock in 1925, having been built in 1907. All three were withdrawn in 1936/7.
The boiler is domeless and similar in design to the J78 crane and the Y7 0-4-0T.
John