LMS Patriot Class
Encyclopedia
The Patriot Class was a class of 52 express passenger steam locomotive
s built for the London Midland and Scottish Railway. The first locomotive of the class was built in 1930 and the last in 1934. All of the Patriot class locomotives were withdrawn from service by 1965. The class was based on the chassis of the Royal Scot
combined with the boiler from Large Claughtons
earning them the nickname Baby Scots.
The first two originally carried their Claughton numbers but were renumbered into a new series in 1934, becoming 5500–1. BR added 40000 to their numbers to make them 45500–51. The numbering of the similar LMS Jubilee Class
continued on from where the Patriots left off. This was because 5552–5556 were ordered as Patriots but built with taper boilers as Jubilees on the orders of Sir William Stanier.
Naming of the class was somewhat erratic. Some retained old Claughton names; others continued the military association from “Patriot” and “St Dunstan’s” and 13 carried names of holiday resorts served by the LMS. In 1943 it was proposed to name the then 7 un-named locomotives; names were allocated but never carried.
Between 1946 and 1948 18 were rebuilt with Stanier 2A boiler, cab and tender; though again these were paper rebuilds. The rebuilt engines were (4)5512/14/21–3/25–32/4–6/45. These were originally built without smoke deflectors but starting in 1948 were fitted with LMS Royal Scot Class
pattern deflectors.
All were withdrawn between 1960 and 1965. None have survived to preservation.
In July 2007 the LMS-Patriot Project was announced in Steam Railway magazine (published on 13 July 2007) to raise interest in a project to build a new LMS Patriot, using the surviving drawings. This led to the formation of a Limited Company which also gained Charitable status. See below for LMS-Patriot New Build project.
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|St. Dunstans
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|Original name -Sir Frank Ree.
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|5502
|Royal Naval Division (1937)
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|Crewe
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|5985
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|The Leicestershire Regiment (1938)
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|The Royal Leicestershire Regiment from Nov. 1948.
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|5987
|5504
|Royal Signals
(1937)
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|The Royal Army Ordnance Corps
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|The Royal Pioneer Corps
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|5507
|Royal Tank Corps
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|6010
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|Crewe
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|Fitted with stovepipe chimney in 1956.
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|6005
|5509
|The Derbyshire Yeomanry
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|Isle of Man
(1938)
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|Bunsen
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|Rebuilt Jul. 1948.
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|5958
|5513
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|Crewe
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|1943 name allocated: Sir W.A. Stanier
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|5983
|5514
|Holyhead
(1938)
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|Crewe
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|Rebuilt Mar. 1947.
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|5992
|5515
|Caernarvon
(1939)
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|The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment. (1938)
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|Bradshaw
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|Lady Godiva
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|5954
|5520
|Llandudno
(1937)
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|Derby
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|5521
|Rhyl
(1937)
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|Derby
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|Rebuilt Nov. 1946.
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|5973
|5522
|Prestatyn
(1939)
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|Derby
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|Rebuilt Jan. 1949.
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|6026
|5523
|Bangor
(1938)
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|Crewe
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|Rebuilt Oct. 1948
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|5907
|5524
|Blackpool
(1937)
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|Crewe
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|Original name Sir Frederick Harrison.
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|5916
|5525
|Colwyn Bay
(1937)
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|Derby
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| Original name E. Tootal Broadhurst
.
Rebuilt Aug. 1948.
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|5963
|5526
|Morecambe
and Heysham
(1937)
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|Derby
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|Rebuilt Feb. 1947
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|5944
|5527
|Southport
(1937)
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|Derby
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|Rebuilt Sep. 1948
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|5996
|5528
|R.E.M.E.
(Sep. 1959)
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|Derby
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|Rebuilt Sep. 1948.
Only rebuilt engine to run without name.
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|5926
|5529
|Stephenson
(1948)
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|Crewe
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|Original name Sir Herbert Walker K.C.B.
until 1937.
Rebuilt Jul. 1947.
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|5530
|Sir Frank Ree (1937)
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|Crewe
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|Name transferred from 5501.
Rebuilt Oct. 1946.
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|5531
|Sir Frederick Harrison (1937)
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|Crewe
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|Name transferred from 5524.
Rebuilt Dec. 1947.
Painted experimental Apple Green livery 1948.
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|6011
|5532
|Illustrious
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|Crewe
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|Rebuilt Jun.1948.
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|5905
|5533
|Lord Rathmore
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|Derby
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|5935
|5534
|E. Tootal Broadhurst
(1937)
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|Crewe
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|Name transferred from 5525.
Rebuilt Dec. 1948.
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|5997
|5535
|Sir Herbert Walker K.C.B.
(1937)
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|Derby
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|Name transferred from 5529.
Rebuilt Sep. 1948.
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|6018
|5536
|Private W. Wood V.C.
(1936)
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|Crewe
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|Rebuilt Nov. 1948.
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|6015
|5537
|Private E. Sykes V.C.
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|Crewe
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|6000
|5538
|Giggleswick
(1938)
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|5539
|E. C. Trench
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|5901
|5540
|Sir Robert Turnbull
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|Crewe
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|Rebuilt Oct. 1947.
Painted experimental Apple Green livery 1948.
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|Duke of Sutherland
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|Home Guard
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|Planet
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|Fleetwood
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|Lytham St. Annes (1937)
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|1943 name allocated: R.A.M.C.
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|1943 name allocated: Sir Henry Fowler
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. The LMS-Patriot Project, a registered charity, is appealing for donations or regular contributions to build the new, 3 cylinder, Fowler designed, parallel boiler, 4-6-0 express passenger loco.
Although mostly new, the group will use the leading wheelsets from two LMS 8F locomotives. An unrestored surviving LMS Fowler tender from Woodham Brothers Barry scrapyard will also be used for the project. The new build Patriot is being assembled at the Llangollen Railway Works, and will carry the number of the last built – LMS number 5551 or British Railways number 45551. After a public poll, the new Patriot locomotive will be named The Unknown Warrior
, whose tomb is located in Westminster Abbey
.
The first part of the engine that is being built are the frames, followed by the wheelsets, while the Fowler tender is being restored at Barry.
The project was formally launched at the Llangollen Patriot Gala in April 2008, by the project's first commercial sponsor, John Buxton, Managing Director of Cambrian Transport. The Frames Appeal was also announced at the gala and a Membership scheme was later launched.
On 31 March 2009, two frame plates were cut at Corus Steel, Cradley Heath in the West Midlands. Measuring 39 ft in length 4 ft high and 1 1/8 in thick (28mm), the frame plates were then taken to the Boro Foundry, at Lye, for machining and drilling, before being taken to the Llangollen Railway Works where assembly is in progress. The dragbox has been fitted to the frames, the front buffer beam fitted, the bogie bolster has been cast and has been fitted, and five frame stretchers are on order.
In September 2010, the first driving wheel was cast at the Boro Foundry, using the pattern made for LMS Jubilee Class
45699 Galatea
. The two classes share the same size 6'9" driving wheels. Three new driving wheels have now been cast, with the remaining three due to be cast by the end of 2010. The six new driving wheels will then be machined before being taken to the South Devon Railway for the fitting of a crank axle, two plain axles, tyres, and crank pins. The first axle box has now been cast at Boro foundry and is awaiting machining
An ex LMS Fowler tender that remained at Woodham Brothers Barry Scrapyard and was later stored in the ex EWS
wagon depot, has been secured for use with 'The Unknown Warrior'. The tender is being restored by Cambrian Transport at the Barry Island Railway on behalf of The LMS-Patriot Project. Work commenced in November 2010 and the tender tank and wheelsets have now been removed from the chassis. A new tank will be built as the original was badly corroded, having suffered the ravages of the sea air at Barry for a number of years. The new tank will also be adjusted to house a larger water capacity to help with mainline running.
At The LMS Patriot Project's 2010 AGM on 14th Novmember, it was announced that the boiler for 'The Unknown Warrior' will be built by LNWR Heritage at Crewe. The new boiler will be of traditional construction with a copper firebox. A fundraising campaign for the boiler for £1/2million is being launched in 2012 or as soon as the wheel sets campaign has been finished.
There has been many parts offered to the project as well, such as 4 original LMS buffers from a scrapped crane at Ruddington (GCR N), original LMS lamps and many other smaller components.
It is expected to have the driving wheels fitted to the frames by Betton Granges "Steel,steam and stars 3" in April 2012.
of children's books
by the Rev. W. Awdry
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announced that the original Patriots would be a part of their 2008 range. Hornby
introduced an original Patriot in the 1980s that has remained in production up to now, though it is now noticeably dated in detail next to the new generation of models and has an unsatisfactory tender-drive.
Rebuilt Patriots were for a time produced by Bachmann, but they discontinued the old moulding and do not intend to produce a new moulding, as Hornby have released Rebuilt Patriots in their own range.
Steam locomotive
A steam locomotive is a railway locomotive that produces its power through a steam engine. These locomotives are fueled by burning some combustible material, usually coal, wood or oil, to produce steam in a boiler, which drives the steam engine...
s built for the London Midland and Scottish Railway. The first locomotive of the class was built in 1930 and the last in 1934. All of the Patriot class locomotives were withdrawn from service by 1965. The class was based on the chassis of the Royal Scot
LMS Royal Scot Class
The London, Midland and Scottish Railway Royal Scot Class is a class of 4-6-0 express passenger locomotive introduced in 1927. Originally having parallel boilers, all members were later rebuilt with tapered type 2A boilers, and were in effect two classes.-Background:Until the mid-1920s, the LMS...
combined with the boiler from Large Claughtons
LNWR Claughton Class
The London and North Western Railway Claughton Class was a class of 4-cylinder express passenger 4-6-0 steam locomotives.They were introduced in 1913, the first of the class No. 2222 was named in honour of Sir Gilbert Claughton, who was the Chairman of the LNWR at that time...
earning them the nickname Baby Scots.
Overview
The first two were rebuilt in 1930 from the 1912-built LNWR Large Claughton Class, retaining the large bossed driving wheels,"double radial" bogie truck and some other parts. The next 40, however, were "paper rebuilds", i.e. replacement new builds officially classified as rebuilds in order to be charged to revenue accounts, rather than capital; the last 10 were officially new builds. None of the first 12 was rebuilt due to their non-standard parts.The first two originally carried their Claughton numbers but were renumbered into a new series in 1934, becoming 5500–1. BR added 40000 to their numbers to make them 45500–51. The numbering of the similar LMS Jubilee Class
LMS Jubilee Class
The London Midland and Scottish Railway Jubilee Class is a class of steam locomotive designed for mainline passenger work. 191 locomotives were built between 1934 and 1936...
continued on from where the Patriots left off. This was because 5552–5556 were ordered as Patriots but built with taper boilers as Jubilees on the orders of Sir William Stanier.
Naming of the class was somewhat erratic. Some retained old Claughton names; others continued the military association from “Patriot” and “St Dunstan’s” and 13 carried names of holiday resorts served by the LMS. In 1943 it was proposed to name the then 7 un-named locomotives; names were allocated but never carried.
Between 1946 and 1948 18 were rebuilt with Stanier 2A boiler, cab and tender; though again these were paper rebuilds. The rebuilt engines were (4)5512/14/21–3/25–32/4–6/45. These were originally built without smoke deflectors but starting in 1948 were fitted with LMS Royal Scot Class
LMS Royal Scot Class
The London, Midland and Scottish Railway Royal Scot Class is a class of 4-6-0 express passenger locomotive introduced in 1927. Originally having parallel boilers, all members were later rebuilt with tapered type 2A boilers, and were in effect two classes.-Background:Until the mid-1920s, the LMS...
pattern deflectors.
All were withdrawn between 1960 and 1965. None have survived to preservation.
In July 2007 the LMS-Patriot Project was announced in Steam Railway magazine (published on 13 July 2007) to raise interest in a project to build a new LMS Patriot, using the surviving drawings. This led to the formation of a Limited Company which also gained Charitable status. See below for LMS-Patriot New Build project.
Details
| Pre- 1934 LMS No. |
Post 1934 LMS No. (BR + 40000) |
Name (date if not from new) | Built | Works | Withdrawn | Notes |
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| 5971 | 5500 | Patriot (Feb. 1937) |
|Derby
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|Original name -Croxteth
Croxteth
Croxteth is a suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England and a Liverpool City Council Ward. Although housing in the area is predominantly modern, the suburb has some notable history. It is known locally as "Crocky"...
.
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|5902
|5501
|St. Dunstans
St Dunstan's
St Dunstan's is a large national charity in the United Kingdom, providing support, rehabilitation and respite care to blind ex-service personnel of the British Armed Forces....
(1937)
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|Derby
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|Original name -Sir Frank Ree.
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|5959
|5502
|Royal Naval Division (1937)
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|Crewe
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|5985
|5503
|The Leicestershire Regiment (1938)
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|Crewe
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|The Royal Leicestershire Regiment from Nov. 1948.
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|5987
|5504
|Royal Signals
Royal Corps of Signals
The Royal Corps of Signals is one of the combat support arms of the British Army...
(1937)
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|Crewe
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|5949
|5505
|The Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Royal Army Ordnance Corps
The Royal Army Ordnance Corps was a corps of the British Army. It dealt only with the supply and maintenance of weaponry, munitions and other military equipment until 1965, when it took over most other supply functions, as well as the provision of staff clerks, from the Royal Army Service...
(1947)
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|Crewe
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|5506
|The Royal Pioneer Corps
Royal Pioneer Corps
The Royal Pioneer Corps was a British Army combatant corps used for light engineering tasks.The Royal Pioneer Corps was raised on 17 October 1939 as the Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps. It was renamed the Pioneer Corps on 22 November 1940...
(Sep. 1948)
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|Crewe
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|5936
|5507
|Royal Tank Corps
Royal Tank Regiment
The Royal Tank Regiment is an armoured regiment of the British Army. It was formerly known as the Tank Corps and the Royal Tank Corps. It is part of the Royal Armoured Corps and is made up of two operational regiments, the 1st Royal Tank Regiment and the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment...
(1937)
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|Crewe
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|6010
|5508
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|Crewe
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|Fitted with stovepipe chimney in 1956.
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|6005
|5509
|The Derbyshire Yeomanry
Derbyshire Yeomanry
The Derbyshire Yeomanry was a yeomanry regiment of the British Army, first raised in 1794, which served as a cavalry regiment and dismounted infantry regiment in the First World War and provided two reconnaissance regiments in the Second World War, before being amalgamated into The Leicestershire...
(1951)
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|5942
|5511
|Isle of Man
Isle of Man
The Isle of Man , otherwise known simply as Mann , is a self-governing British Crown Dependency, located in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, within the British Isles. The head of state is Queen Elizabeth II, who holds the title of Lord of Mann. The Lord of Mann is...
(1938)
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|Crewe
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|5966
|5512
|Bunsen
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|Crewe
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|Rebuilt Jul. 1948.
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|5958
|5513
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|Crewe
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|1943 name allocated: Sir W.A. Stanier
William Stanier
Sir William Arthur Stanier, FRS was Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.- Biography :...
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|5983
|5514
|Holyhead
Holyhead
Holyhead is the largest town in the county of Anglesey in the North Wales. It is also a major port adjacent to the Irish Sea serving Ireland....
(1938)
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|Crewe
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|Rebuilt Mar. 1947.
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|5992
|5515
|Caernarvon
Caernarfon
Caernarfon is a Royal town, community and port in Gwynedd, Wales, with a population of 9,611. It lies along the A487 road, on the east banks of the Menai Straits, opposite the Isle of Anglesey. The city of Bangor is to the northeast, while Snowdonia fringes Caernarfon to the east and southeast...
(1939)
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|5516
|The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment. (1938)
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|5517
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|6006
|5518
|Bradshaw
George Bradshaw
George Bradshaw was an English cartographer, printer and publisher. He is best known for developing the most successful and longest published series of combined railway timetables.-Biography:...
(1939)
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|Crewe
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|6008
|5519
|Lady Godiva
Lady Godiva
Godiva , often referred to as Lady Godiva , was an Anglo-Saxon noblewoman who, according to legend, rode naked through the streets of Coventry in order to gain a remission of the oppressive taxation imposed by her husband on his tenants...
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|5954
|5520
|Llandudno
Llandudno
Llandudno is a seaside resort and town in Conwy County Borough, Wales. In the 2001 UK census it had a population of 20,090 including that of Penrhyn Bay and Penrhynside, which are within the Llandudno Community...
(1937)
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|5933
|5521
|Rhyl
Rhyl
Rhyl is a seaside resort town and community situated on the north east coast of Wales, in the county of Denbighshire , at the mouth of the River Clwyd . To the west is the suburb of Kinmel Bay, with the resort of Towyn further west, Prestatyn to the east and Rhuddlan to the south...
(1937)
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|Derby
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|Rebuilt Nov. 1946.
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|5973
|5522
|Prestatyn
Prestatyn
Prestatyn is a seaside resort, town and community in Denbighshire, North Wales. It is located on the Irish Sea coast, to the east of Rhyl. At the 2001 Census, Prestatyn had a population of 18,496.-Prehistory:...
(1939)
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|Rebuilt Jan. 1949.
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|6026
|5523
|Bangor
Bangor, Gwynedd
Bangor is a city in Gwynedd, north west Wales, and one of the smallest cities in Britain. It is a university city with a population of 13,725 at the 2001 census, not including around 10,000 students at Bangor University. Including nearby Menai Bridge on Anglesey, which does not however form part of...
(1938)
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|Crewe
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|Rebuilt Oct. 1948
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|5907
|5524
|Blackpool
Blackpool
Blackpool is a borough, seaside town, and unitary authority area of Lancashire, in North West England. It is situated along England's west coast by the Irish Sea, between the Ribble and Wyre estuaries, northwest of Preston, north of Liverpool, and northwest of Manchester...
(1937)
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|Crewe
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|Original name Sir Frederick Harrison.
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|5916
|5525
|Colwyn Bay
Colwyn Bay
- Demography :Prior to local government reorganisation on 1 April 1974 Colwyn Bay was a municipal borough with a population of c.25,000, but in 1974 this designation disappeared leaving five separate parishes, known as communities in Wales, of which the one bearing the name Colwyn Bay encompassed...
(1937)
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|Derby
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| Original name E. Tootal Broadhurst
E. Tootal Broadhurst
Sir Edward Tootal Broadhurst, 1st Baronet DL, JP was a British executive, Chairman of the Manchester and Liverpool District Bank; Director of the London and North Western Railway; High Sheriff of Lancashire, 1906–1907...
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Rebuilt Aug. 1948.
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|5963
|5526
|Morecambe
Morecambe
Morecambe is a resort town and civil parish within the City of Lancaster in Lancashire, England. As of 2001 it has a resident population of 38,917. It faces into Morecambe Bay...
and Heysham
Heysham
Heysham is a large coastal village near Lancaster in the county of Lancashire, England. Overlooking Morecambe Bay, it is a ferry port with services to the Isle of Man and Ireland. Heysham is the site of two nuclear power stations which are landmarks visible from hills in the surrounding area...
(1937)
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|Derby
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|Rebuilt Feb. 1947
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|5944
|5527
|Southport
Southport
Southport is a seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. During the 2001 census Southport was recorded as having a population of 90,336, making it the eleventh most populous settlement in North West England...
(1937)
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|Derby
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|Rebuilt Sep. 1948
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|5996
|5528
|R.E.M.E.
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
The Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers is a corps of the British Army that has responsibility for the maintenance, servicing and inspection of almost every electrical and mechanical piece of equipment within the British Army from Challenger II main battle tanks and WAH64 Apache...
(Sep. 1959)
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|Derby
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|Rebuilt Sep. 1948.
Only rebuilt engine to run without name.
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|5926
|5529
|Stephenson
George Stephenson
George Stephenson was an English civil engineer and mechanical engineer who built the first public railway line in the world to use steam locomotives...
(1948)
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|Crewe
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|Original name Sir Herbert Walker K.C.B.
Herbert Ashcombe Walker
Sir Herbert Ashcombe Walker, KCB was a British railway manager.-Early life:Walker was born in London 15 May 1868. He was educated at the North London Collegiate School and at Bruges.-Career:...
until 1937.
Rebuilt Jul. 1947.
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|6022
|5530
|Sir Frank Ree (1937)
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|Crewe
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|Name transferred from 5501.
Rebuilt Oct. 1946.
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|6027
|5531
|Sir Frederick Harrison (1937)
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|Crewe
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|Name transferred from 5524.
Rebuilt Dec. 1947.
Painted experimental Apple Green livery 1948.
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|6011
|5532
|Illustrious
HMS Illustrious (R87)
HMS Illustrious , the fourth Illustrious of the British Royal Navy, was an aircraft carrier which saw service in World War II, the lead ship of the Illustrious-class of carriers which also included Victorious, Formidable, and Indomitable.-Construction:Illustrious was built by Vickers-Armstrongs at...
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|Crewe
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|Rebuilt Jun.1948.
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|5905
|5533
|Lord Rathmore
David Plunket, 1st Baron Rathmore
David Robert Plunket, 1st Baron Rathmore PC, QC was an Irish lawyer and Conservative politician.-Background and education:...
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|Derby
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|5935
|5534
|E. Tootal Broadhurst
E. Tootal Broadhurst
Sir Edward Tootal Broadhurst, 1st Baronet DL, JP was a British executive, Chairman of the Manchester and Liverpool District Bank; Director of the London and North Western Railway; High Sheriff of Lancashire, 1906–1907...
(1937)
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|Crewe
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|Name transferred from 5525.
Rebuilt Dec. 1948.
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|5997
|5535
|Sir Herbert Walker K.C.B.
Herbert Ashcombe Walker
Sir Herbert Ashcombe Walker, KCB was a British railway manager.-Early life:Walker was born in London 15 May 1868. He was educated at the North London Collegiate School and at Bruges.-Career:...
(1937)
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|Derby
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|Name transferred from 5529.
Rebuilt Sep. 1948.
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|6018
|5536
|Private W. Wood V.C.
Wilfred Wood
Wilfred Wood VC was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
(1936)
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|Crewe
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|Rebuilt Nov. 1948.
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|6015
|5537
|Private E. Sykes V.C.
Ernest Sykes
Ernest Sykes VC was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
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|Crewe
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|6000
|5538
|Giggleswick
Giggleswick
Giggleswick is a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England near the town of Settle. It is the site of Giggleswick School.-Origin of name:A Dictionary of British Place Names contains the entry:...
(1938)
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|Crewe
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|5925
|5539
|E. C. Trench
Ernest Crosbie Trench
Ernest Frederic Crosbie Trench CBE, TD was a British civil engineer.Ernest was born on 6 August 1869 to George Frederic Trench and Frances Charlotte Talbot Crosbie. Anne of York, Duchess of Exeter, sister to Edward IV and Richard III was an ancestor of Ernest's mother...
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Painted experimental Apple Green livery 1948.
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|Duke of Sutherland
Duke of Sutherland
Duke of Sutherland, derived from Sutherland in Scotland, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom held by the head of the Leveson-Gower family. It was created by William IV in 1833 for George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Marquess of Stafford...
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British Home Guard
The Home Guard was a defence organisation of the British Army during the Second World War...
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Planet (locomotive)
Planet was an early steam locomotive built in 1830 by Robert Stephenson and Company for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. The ninth locomotive built for the L&MR, it was Stephenson's next major design change after the Rocket. It was the first locomotive to employ inside cylinders, and...
(1948)
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Fleetwood
Fleetwood is a town within the Wyre district of Lancashire, England, lying at the northwest corner of the Fylde. It had a population of 26,840 people at the 2001 Census. It forms part of the Greater Blackpool conurbation. The town was the first planned community of the Victorian era...
(1938)
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|Lytham St. Annes (1937)
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Royal Army Medical Corps
The Royal Army Medical Corps is a specialist corps in the British Army which provides medical services to all British Army personnel and their families in war and in peace...
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Henry Fowler (engineer)
Sir Henry Fowler, KBE was a Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Midland Railway and subsequently the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.- Biography :...
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New Build Patriot Locomotive - 'The Unknown Warrior'
Although no Patriot in either rebuilt or unrebuilt forms survived into preservation a new 'Patriot' is under construction at the Llangollen RailwayLlangollen Railway
The Llangollen Railway is a volunteer-run preserved railway in Denbighshire, Wales, which operates between Llangollen and Carrog; at long, it is the longest preserved standard gauge line in Wales and operates daily in Summer as well as weekends throughout the Winter months using a wide variety of...
. The LMS-Patriot Project, a registered charity, is appealing for donations or regular contributions to build the new, 3 cylinder, Fowler designed, parallel boiler, 4-6-0 express passenger loco.
Although mostly new, the group will use the leading wheelsets from two LMS 8F locomotives. An unrestored surviving LMS Fowler tender from Woodham Brothers Barry scrapyard will also be used for the project. The new build Patriot is being assembled at the Llangollen Railway Works, and will carry the number of the last built – LMS number 5551 or British Railways number 45551. After a public poll, the new Patriot locomotive will be named The Unknown Warrior
The Unknown Warrior
The British tomb of The Unknown Warrior holds an unidentified British soldier killed on a European battlefield during the First World War. He was buried in Westminster Abbey, London on 11 November 1920, simultaneously with a similar interrment of a French unknown soldier at the Arc de Triomphe in...
, whose tomb is located in Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey
The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, popularly known as Westminster Abbey, is a large, mainly Gothic church, in the City of Westminster, London, United Kingdom, located just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is the traditional place of coronation and burial site for English,...
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The first part of the engine that is being built are the frames, followed by the wheelsets, while the Fowler tender is being restored at Barry.
The project was formally launched at the Llangollen Patriot Gala in April 2008, by the project's first commercial sponsor, John Buxton, Managing Director of Cambrian Transport. The Frames Appeal was also announced at the gala and a Membership scheme was later launched.
On 31 March 2009, two frame plates were cut at Corus Steel, Cradley Heath in the West Midlands. Measuring 39 ft in length 4 ft high and 1 1/8 in thick (28mm), the frame plates were then taken to the Boro Foundry, at Lye, for machining and drilling, before being taken to the Llangollen Railway Works where assembly is in progress. The dragbox has been fitted to the frames, the front buffer beam fitted, the bogie bolster has been cast and has been fitted, and five frame stretchers are on order.
In September 2010, the first driving wheel was cast at the Boro Foundry, using the pattern made for LMS Jubilee Class
LMS Jubilee Class
The London Midland and Scottish Railway Jubilee Class is a class of steam locomotive designed for mainline passenger work. 191 locomotives were built between 1934 and 1936...
45699 Galatea
LMS Jubilee Class 5699 Galatea
London Midland and Scottish Railway Jubilee Class No. 5699 Galatea is a preserved British steam locomotive.- Overview :...
. The two classes share the same size 6'9" driving wheels. Three new driving wheels have now been cast, with the remaining three due to be cast by the end of 2010. The six new driving wheels will then be machined before being taken to the South Devon Railway for the fitting of a crank axle, two plain axles, tyres, and crank pins. The first axle box has now been cast at Boro foundry and is awaiting machining
An ex LMS Fowler tender that remained at Woodham Brothers Barry Scrapyard and was later stored in the ex EWS
EWS
DB Schenker Rail , before 2009 known as English, Welsh and Scottish Railway is a British rail freight company. EWS was established by a consortium led by Wisconsin Central Transportation Corporation in 1996 by acquisition of five of the six freight companies created by the privatisation of British...
wagon depot, has been secured for use with 'The Unknown Warrior'. The tender is being restored by Cambrian Transport at the Barry Island Railway on behalf of The LMS-Patriot Project. Work commenced in November 2010 and the tender tank and wheelsets have now been removed from the chassis. A new tank will be built as the original was badly corroded, having suffered the ravages of the sea air at Barry for a number of years. The new tank will also be adjusted to house a larger water capacity to help with mainline running.
At The LMS Patriot Project's 2010 AGM on 14th Novmember, it was announced that the boiler for 'The Unknown Warrior' will be built by LNWR Heritage at Crewe. The new boiler will be of traditional construction with a copper firebox. A fundraising campaign for the boiler for £1/2million is being launched in 2012 or as soon as the wheel sets campaign has been finished.
There has been many parts offered to the project as well, such as 4 original LMS buffers from a scrapped crane at Ruddington (GCR N), original LMS lamps and many other smaller components.
It is expected to have the driving wheels fitted to the frames by Betton Granges "Steel,steam and stars 3" in April 2012.
In fiction
This class of engine forms the basis of Big City Engine from the Railway SeriesThe Railway Series
The Railway Series is a set of story books about a railway system located on the fictional Island of Sodor. There are 42 books in the series, the first being published in 1945. Twenty-six were written by the Rev. W. Awdry, up to 1972. A further 16 were written by his son, Christopher Awdry; 14...
of children's books
Children's literature
Children's literature is for readers and listeners up to about age twelve; it is often defined in four different ways: books written by children, books written for children, books chosen by children, or books chosen for children. It is often illustrated. The term is used in senses which sometimes...
by the Rev. W. Awdry
W.V. Awdry
Wilbert Vere Awdry, OBE , was an English clergyman, railway enthusiast and children's author, better known as the Reverend W. Awdry and creator of Thomas the Tank Engine, who starred in Awdry's acclaimed Railway Series.-Life:Awdry was born at Ampfield vicarage near Romsey, Hampshire in 1911...
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00 Gauge Models
Bachmann IndustriesBachmann Industries
Bachmann Industries is a Bermuda registered Chinese owned company, globally head quartered in Hong Kong; specializing in model railroading....
announced that the original Patriots would be a part of their 2008 range. Hornby
Hornby
- Australia :* Hornby Lighthouse, third oldest lighthouse in Australia on south head of Sydney Harbour,- Canada :* Hornby, Ontario, community in Halton Hills* Hornby Island, Canadian island in the Strait of Georgia near Vancouver Island- England :...
introduced an original Patriot in the 1980s that has remained in production up to now, though it is now noticeably dated in detail next to the new generation of models and has an unsatisfactory tender-drive.
Rebuilt Patriots were for a time produced by Bachmann, but they discontinued the old moulding and do not intend to produce a new moulding, as Hornby have released Rebuilt Patriots in their own range.