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No. 1008, the first Class 5 engine to be built, was withdrawn in 1954 after sixty-five years of service, and is now preserved as a static exhibit in the National Railway Museum. This locomotive is the small-bunkered version with the round-topped, boiler [36]and is the only standard-gauge 2-4-2 tank engine preserved in Britain.
A tank locomotive is a steam locomotive which carries its water in one or more on-board water tanks, instead of a more traditional tender. Most tank engines also have bunkers (or fuel tanks) to hold fuel; in a tender-tank locomotive a tender holds some or all of the fuel, and may hold some water also. There are several different types of tank ...
Continental AV1790. The Continental AV1790 is an American V12 engine used in armored vehicles. Produced by Continental Motors, the AV1790 was used in a variety of limited production and pilot heavy tanks, including the M53 and M55 howitzers, and the T30 and M103 tanks. There were also diesel versions (AVDS, [ 1] Air Cooled, V-engine ...
The New South Wales Government Railways F351 (later X10) class 2-4-0 tank locomotives were intended to haul suburban passenger trains in Sydney, and delivered in 1885 - 1887. After a derailment incident, from 1901, the entire class was withdrawn from passenger work. These locomotives were then allocated to shunting, yard and depot duties.
The Rolls-Royce Meteor later renamed the Rover Meteor is a British tank engine that was developed during the Second World War. It was used in British tanks up to 1964. It was a result of co-operation between Leyland Motors and Rolls-Royce who between them in 1941 had suggested that a specialised de-rated version of the Merlin aero-engine would be highly suitable for use in armoured fighting ...
The 4-4-2T is the tank locomotive equivalent of a 4-4-0 American type tender locomotive, but with the frame extended to allow for a fuel bunker behind the cab. This necessitated the addition of a trailing truck to support the additional weight at the rear end of the locomotive. As such, the tank version of the 4-4-2 wheel arrangement appeared ...
GWR No. 1340 is an 0-4-0 ST steam locomotive, built in 1897 (Works No. 1386) by the Avonside Engine Company of Bristol, England . Its first owners were Messrs Dunn & Shute of Newport Town Dock. [1] In 1903 it was purchased by the Alexandra Docks Railway. This was absorbed into the Great Western Railway in 1923.
The London, Midland and Scottish RailwayClass 2P 4-4-0was a class of steam locomotivedesigned for light passenger work. Overview. [edit] The class was introduced in 1928 and was a post-groupingdevelopment of the Midland Railway 483 Classwith modified dimensions and reduced boiler mountings. The numbering continued from where the Midland engines ...