The Universal loco

jwealleans · Post by **jwealleans** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 3:58 pm

Quick question based on something I read yesterday (and if you read the same thing please let the thread run)..

Which was the only locomotive class to be allocated to all 7 areas (pre-1923 companies) of the LNER?

karlrestall · Post by **karlrestall** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 7:38 pm

Are you just wanting just the Designation of loco for example 'A' or are you wan the full class of the locomotive e.g. A3, A4 etc...(if that makes sense)

Regards

Karl

CVR1865 · Post by **CVR1865** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 7:54 pm

was it J72?

Andrew Craig-Bennett · Thu Jul 12, 2007 10:57 pm

A wild guess - the Thompson B1?

jwealleans · Post by **jwealleans** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 11:38 am

I'm looking for a specific class of loco... I'll let you all ponder until next week.

Percy Main · Post by **Percy Main** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 1:06 pm

Could it be the J39 of your own signature or whatever you call the locomotive class that appears beneath our user names? It must say somewhere but how do these come to be allocated?

Percy

Post by **richard** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 2:34 pm

The locomotive classes are "forum ranks". The forum software allows users to have rankings according to the number of posts. We had a vote on different themes, and I eventually chose one base on locomotive classes arranged by power/prestige from Y7 to A4. I tried to get a good selection of companies and types. The list is near the bottom of the third page on this thread:

viewtopic.php?t=124&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

Perhaps I should post that in a more visible place

Richard

Percy Main · Post by **Percy Main** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 3:01 pm

richard wrote:The locomotive classes are "forum ranks". . .
Richard

Thank you, I should have realised that. I am very happy being a Y7 and evoking memories of the North Sunderland Railway. I can see I might want to stick at, or move rapidly through, some of the other classes.

Percy

Colombo · Post by **Colombo** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 6:15 pm

I think this is a trick question, and so I will guess the Ivatt Class 4 2-6-0.

Colombo

Andrew Craig-Bennett · Mon Jul 16, 2007 11:02 pm

Andrew Craig-Bennett wrote:A wild guess - the Thompson B1?

I found the answer, which surprised me quite a bit, in Richard's locomotive pages, so I won't spoil it for others except to say that I was wrong.

Post by **richard** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 1:23 am

I've just re-read my B1 page, and I think the source I used for the locomotive you're thinking of must be wrong?

When trying to find candidates, the former GNSR is the hardest to 'match' - but Thompson B1s were delivered to the GNSR lines.

Richard

jwealleans · Post by **jwealleans** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 7:13 am

I meant to post last night so apologies for my tardiness...

According to Locomotives Illustrated (and who am I to argue) it was the J72. So someone did get it very early.

Colombo, you have a suspicious mind. Where were the Ivatts allocated other than East Anglia?

Colombo · Post by **Colombo** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 9:47 am

JW,

I am a cynic.

A batch of Ivatt 4s was built in Darlington and we had them in the NE. After the closure of the M&GN, those probably were spread around, perhaps to GE and GN sheds. Then I thought they may have been useful in Scotland for pick up goods after the old 0-6-0s were withdrawn.

Yes:
In 1959 they were allocated to 34E, 55A, 53A, 40F, 50C, 65A, 64F. None to Inverness area though. It was just a guess.

I could easily have said 08 (?)

Colombo

CVR1865 · Post by **CVR1865** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 12:30 pm

oh yes. It had to be the J72. I mean three builders ner, lner and br. The little tanks were everywhere.

Simon

Colombo · Post by **Colombo** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 9:55 am

Here is a question on the topic of the universal loco.

Which ex-LNER shed had two WR pannier tanks allocated to it and why?

Colombo