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1914: Light Engine at Newcastle Central
North East England during the steam era. The 7:15 p.m. N.E.R. stopping passenger service from Newcastle to York was an important service for moving vans. The N.E.R. passenger carriages, made up of 52ft non-corridor stock started their Up journey at Edinburgh Waverley, bringing an ECJS Brake south with them and gaining a N.E.R. 32ft Van at Tweedmouth. Several more vans were added at Newcastle for Leeds and Manchester, along with an N.E.R. TPO.
A Worsdell R1 Class 4-4-0 runs light engine from Gateshead depot to take over from the Heaton shed engine which has brought the train from Edinburgh. Built after the V Class 4-4-2 two-cylinder Atlantics, whose performance was somewhat disappointing for the company, the R1 Class were meant to obviate the need for building any more Atlantics by producing a powerful 4-4-0, using the successful R Class as a base. The R1 Class did not live up to the aspirations of the company, with only ten being built, but they found homes at sheds in Yorkshire. Raven built his three-cylinder Atlantics as Z Class.
This R1 is somewhat off its home patch at Newcastle but it may have recently undergone a works visit at Darlington or perhaps an S1 4-6-0 was unavailable at York and the visiting R1 was commandeered for a duty taking it to Tyneside (with the foreman of York shed keeping his fingers crossed that Gateshead shed would send her back south promptly). As a "foreigner" and one with a reputation of not being easy engines to fiire Gateshead probably were glad to send her back to Yorkshire. It will give York shed a further problem though, since the engine bringing the 7:15 p.m. south to York would work back to Newcastle overnight. Perhaps that S1 4-6-0 has had a spot of TLC at the hands of York shed's fitters.
North East England during the steam era. The 7:15 p.m. N.E.R. stopping passenger service from Newcastle to York was an important service for moving vans. The N.E.R. passenger carriages, made up of 52ft non-corridor stock started their Up journey at Edinburgh Waverley, bringing an ECJS Brake south with them and gaining a N.E.R. 32ft Van at Tweedmouth. Several more vans were added at Newcastle for Leeds and Manchester, along with an N.E.R. TPO.
A Worsdell R1 Class 4-4-0 runs light engine from Gateshead depot to take over from the Heaton shed engine which has brought the train from Edinburgh. Built after the V Class 4-4-2 two-cylinder Atlantics, whose performance was somewhat disappointing for the company, the R1 Class were meant to obviate the need for building any more Atlantics by producing a powerful 4-4-0, using the successful R Class as a base. The R1 Class did not live up to the aspirations of the company, with only ten being built, but they found homes at sheds in Yorkshire. Raven built his three-cylinder Atlantics as Z Class.
This R1 is somewhat off its home patch at Newcastle but it may have recently undergone a works visit at Darlington or perhaps an S1 4-6-0 was unavailable at York and the visiting R1 was commandeered for a duty taking it to Tyneside (with the foreman of York shed keeping his fingers crossed that Gateshead shed would send her back south promptly). As a "foreigner" and one with a reputation of not being easy engines to fiire Gateshead probably were glad to send her back to Yorkshire. It will give York shed a further problem though, since the engine bringing the 7:15 p.m. south to York would work back to Newcastle overnight. Perhaps that S1 4-6-0 has had a spot of TLC at the hands of York shed's fitters.
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