01/06/1947 |
Longmoor |
On 1/6 2-10-0 Nos. 73774-73796 were in store and the following were on the dump (mostly marked for scrap): Nos. 70179, 70195, 70198, 70204, 70208, 72400 and 72401. There were numerous boilers, wheels, etc., lying about, indicating that a number of the older locos. had already presumably been broken up. Nos. 70216, 70271, 70272, 72214 and Petrol Railcars Nos. 2, 3 and 4 were on the diesel shed, whilst Nos. 71505, 73651, 73797, 75028, 75041, 75042, 75079, 75275, 75277 and 75290 were on the loco. shed. The three locos. painted blue, lined out in red and with the lettering 'L.M.R.' on the tenders (of two of them), were also on the shed: No. 79250 Major General McMullen, U.S. type 2-8-0 No. 93257 Major General Carl Gray, and U.S. type 0-6-0T No. 94382 Major General Frank S. Ross; the U.S. type locos. have recently been named and have had 90000 added to their U.S. numbers. The repair shop contained Nos. 77337 and 75282, and on the 60 cm. gauge the following were seen: German 0-6-0 Diesel Nos. HFM13906 and HFM13 915. |
SLS/194708 |
14/02/1948 |
Eastleigh Works |
During the early part of February a large batch of withdrawn engines was still on hand in the various sidings, including Adams 0-4-4T Nos. 4, 6, 17, an 364: Beattie 0-6-OST 0332, 3334; Stroudley 0-6-OT W10, W12, and L.B.S.C.R. 683; Stroudley 0-4-2T 2232, 2233, 2240, 2255, 2355, an 2627; Adams 4-4-0 657; Adams 0-4-2 597-600, 609, 612, 613, 620, 625, 634, 637, 638, 644, 646, an 649; Drummond 4-4-0 150, 347. Engines in shops included 'B4X' No. 2060, 'El/R' No. 2135, and 'B4' Tank No. 93 St. Malo. Engines in the area in 'B.R' livery were Nos. S27, S64, S182, S203, S224, S255, S282, S453 King Arthur, S465, S535, S750 Morgan le Fay, S21C108 Padstow, and S21C105 Barnstaple. Only the three named ones were green. The 'Austerity' 2-10-0's are not having 'BRITISH RAILWAYS' on the tender, nor the prefix 'S'; also the numerals are small (as used on coaching stock); as repaired they are being parked at Ringwood; 73776 was at the shed ready for transit, and 73781 an 73788 outside the works |
SLS/194803 |