Question about the LMS Potteries Loop Line

[gp792]

After hearing about this route on this forum, I started looking up information about the Potteries Loop Line. It turns out to be a truly fascinating route, and I would like to know what steam locomotives were seen on the PLL. Were Fowler 3F's, Stanier 4P's, etc., seen on this line?

 

[Vern]

More to the point, it seems to have completely dropped off the radar. Unless of course it has been requisitioned for T:ANE!

 

[clam1952]

This might partly answer the question, http://www.rmweb.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=50842

 

[AntonyVW]

More to the point, it seems to have completely dropped off the radar. Unless of course it has been requisitioned for T:ANE!

I wouldn't mind knowing what happened to it as well. Maybe someone in the know can tell us?

 

[ZecMurphy]

Good Evening all
There is no news on this specifically, however it is still being worked on by the creators in conjunction with the Trainz team. When it is ready, it will be available via the DLC system.

Regards

 

[amigacooke]

This thread is also informative

http://forums.auran.com/trainz/showthread.php?95823-NEW-ROUTE

 

[gp792]

Thanks all, I learned that some familiar engines ran on the PLL. I wasn't aware that the Stanier 4P or 9F could even run on this line. I wonder if a Stanier 4P will come with PLL?

 

[gp792]

I was just thinking, what types of goods/commodities were carried by the Potteries Loop Line? I do believe that I saw something about tar, on a site about the PLL.

 

[AndrewH]

......I wasn't aware that the Stanier 4P or 9F could even run on this line.......

There were restrictions on rolling stock because of the severe curve through Hanley station. A 4P could have negotiated that curve but a BR 9F with its longer main frame would not have cleared the platforms. After nationalisation the new BR Mk1 coaching stock was barred from this part of the route because of its length.

 

[gp792]

There were restrictions on rolling stock because of the severe curve through Hanley station. A 4P could have negotiated that curve but a BR 9F with its longer main frame would not have cleared the platforms. After nationalisation the new BR Mk1 coaching stock was barred from this part of the route because of its length.

Interesting. If Mk1's were not allowed at Hanley, would they have used LMS Period I coaching stock?

 

[AndrewH]

LMS coaching stock was about 6' shorter than the Mk1 and was allowed through Hanley.

 

[gp792]

Where could I find some more information on the Shelton Steelworks? Because I would like to learn more about the railway wagons used at the steelworks, like ladle cars, etc.

 

[AndrewH]

A book titled 'The Iron Steel & Coall Industry of North Staffordshire' by Allan C Baker is a good source of the information you want. It may be available new or 2nd hand from Amazon. Robert Humm, a specialist bookseller in Stamford UK also might be able to help.