BR Unknown BR3 3000 gallon/Ivatt hybrid

BR Unknown BR3 3000 gallon/Ivatt hybrid

BR  Unknown BR3 3000 gallon/Ivatt hybrid
BR Unknown BR3 3000 gallon/Ivatt hybrid

 

Present Location Great Central
Designed For BR
Type & Original Water Capacity BR3 3000 gallon/Ivatt hybrid
Original Coal Capacity (tons) 3000
Chassis Build Date 1948
Chassis Type Ivatt (LMS) 3 axle
Wheelbase 6ft 6in + 6ft 6in
Gauge 4ft 8 1/2in
Current Water Capacity (gallons) 3000
Current Coal Capacity (tons) 4
Scoop Fitted No
Allocated To 78018 BR 2MT 2-6-0
Present Number Unknown
Other numbers LMS 7028
Owner Darlington Railway Preservation Society
Status Operating
Notes Chassis is from an Ivatt 3000 gallon tender. This arrived at Woodham Bros, Barry behind LMS Ivatt 2MT number 46428. The last tender shown as allocated to this loco by BR records is 7028. After purchase for use with 78018 the Ivatt tank was removed and a new tank, built to the BR3 pattern, was fitted c1992. The Ivatt tenders had plain axle bearings while the BR3 was fitted with roller bearings. This tender retains plain bearings though the axlebox covers have been changed to give the appearance of roller bearing axleboxes.
Locomotives used with this tender in preservation September 1967 arrived at Woodham Bros, Barry with 46428 LMS Ivatt class 2 2-6-0

November 1978 Left Woodham Bros, Barry with 78018 BR Std 2 2-6-0

August 2016 - Late April/Early May 2018 Spare (78018 ran with BR3 3000 gallon no. 1093 as restoration of the BR3/Ivatt hybrid was not completed)

Late April/early May 2018 - to date 78018 BR Std 2 2-6-0 (operational)
Photo by Stephen Godber
Photo Date 21/06/2015
Date Record Last Updated 10/04/2021

15/06/2019 Mike Haddon
15/06/2019 Mike Haddon

15/06/2019 Mike Haddon
15/06/2019 Mike Haddon


 
 

 

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