| Community Response |
Locomotive Details |
Location/Date of Photo |
 | | Views: 4,339 Favorited: 14 | | Since added on January 31, 2010 | |
|
» British Railways (more..)
» Steam 4-6-2 (more..) |
» Unknown
» United Kingdom (more..)
» Unknown |
| Locomotive No./Train ID |
Photographer |
» 60156 (more..)
» Unknown (more..) |
» Daniel SIMON (more..)
» Contact Photographer · Photographer Profile |
| Remarks & Notes |
| Here comes another gem from the Timken archives. The first Peppercorn A1class Pacific locomotive, No. 60114, entered traffic in August 1948. A total of 49 were built in four batches between 1948 and 1949. The 50th (Tornado) has been built recently by the A1 Steam Locomotive Trust. Five of the A1s (Nos. 60153-7) were fitted with Timken roller bearings on all of their axles. These had already been tried successfully on some of the A4 tenders. These bearings were a trial with the intention of increasing the period between heavy repairs. This was successful, but was never expanded to include other members of the class. The 60156 (named Great Central) has been built in October 1949 and was retired from service in May 1965. Any information concerning the location at which the photo was taken would be welcome. |
|
Photo Comments (2) |
|
|
