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That is an eye opener, I'm mid 50's but you really just made me stop and think.michaelhendle wrote:Hi
When the route was first announced I was 65 I am now 71.but I think the route is well worth waiting for.
Mike
During the thirties the Stainmore line was the domain of NER J21 0-6-0, J25 0-6-0, Q5 0-8-0 (from Kirkby Stephen westwards), G5 0-4-4T, GN D3 4-4-0, and GE E4 2-4-0. During the fifties the line saw J21, J25, Ivatt 2MT 2-6-0, Ivatt 4MT 2-6-0, BR Standard 2MT 2-6-0, 3MT 2-6-0, 4MT 2-6-0, and 3MT 2-6-2T tanks.locomotiveman1994 wrote:I guess that West Auckland and Darlington where two of the main sheds, considerd it was an NER route, wich makes the Q6 and the G5 (and the upcomming J21) perfect for the route.
Indeed the Clans where Light pacifics, being virtually Britannias with a smaller boiler. But they where rarely seen outside Scotland. Let alone on such a minor route as the Stainmore Route. I know that some have been seen on the ECML as far up as Doncaster (I think), but I don't know of any seen beyond Carlisle on the WCML.michaelhendle wrote:...so I imagine any thing above a class 5 would be to heavy,although Clans were classified as Light Pacifics.
The Clans were regulars on the Glasgow to Blackpool runs in the summer (May to September). Most weekends would see 2 or 3 in the sheds. They were notorious for their bad time keeping.locomotiveman1994 wrote:Indeed the Clans where Light pacifics, being virtually Britannias with a smaller boiler. But they where rarely seen outside Scotland. Let alone on such a minor route as the Stainmore Route. I know that some have been seen on the ECML as far up as Doncaster (I think), but I don't know of any seen beyond Carlisle on the WCML.michaelhendle wrote:...so I imagine any thing above a class 5 would be to heavy,although Clans were classified as Light Pacifics.
But with the line ending at a LNWR station, I could imagine the LNWR Coal Tank and the G2 being regular sights on the line.
No 4-6-0s or pacifics ever operated over Stainmore. The odd LNWR engine may have reached Kirkby Stephen or Barnard Castle (DX and 'Cauliflower'0-6-0s are mentioned in Peter Walton's book), but no tank engines or G2s. There are reports of very rare visits of LMS Fowler 4F 0-6-0, Stanier 5MT 2-6-0 and WD 2-8-0 engines to Kirkby Stephen. The summer Saturday Blackpool specials from the North East continued to run via Tebay until 1961. From 3 February 1958 DMU's (Metro Cammell/101) were introduced between Darlington, Barnard Castle and Penrith. Closure came from 22 January 1962.locomotiveman1994 wrote:Indeed the Clans where Light pacifics, being virtually Britannias with a smaller boiler. But they where rarely seen outside Scotland. Let alone on such a minor route as the Stainmore Route. I know that some have been seen on the ECML as far up as Doncaster (I think), but I don't know of any seen beyond Carlisle on the WCML.michaelhendle wrote:...so I imagine any thing above a class 5 would be to heavy,although Clans were classified as Light Pacifics.
But with the line ending at a LNWR station, I could imagine the LNWR Coal Tank and the G2 being regular sights on the line.
