SR Merchant Navy Class 35009 Shaw Savill

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35009 Shaw Savill
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35009 Shaw Savill stood inside Woodham Brothers scrapyard.
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
Builder Eastleigh Works
Build dateJul 1942
Rebuild dateMar 1957
Specifications
Configuration:
   Whyte 4-6-2
Gauge 4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm)
Driver dia.6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Wheelbase 61 ft 6 in (18.75 m)
Length71 ft 7¾ in (21.84 m)
Total weight94 tons 15 cwt (96,270 kg, c. 212,240 lb)
Boiler pressure280  psi (19.31  bar; 1.93  MPa), later reduced to 250 psi (17.24 bar; 1.72 MPa)
Cylinders 3
Cylinder size 18 in bore x 24 in stoke (457 x 610 mm)
Loco brake Vacuum (Air brakes fitted)
Safety systems AWS, TPWS, OTMR, GSM-R
Performance figures
Tractive effort 33,495 lbf (149.0 kN) (previously 37,515 lbf (166.9 kN))
Career
Operators British Railways
Class Merchant Navy
Power class
  • SR: A
  • BR: 8P
NumbersSR 21C09
BR 35009
Official nameShaw Savill
WithdrawnSeptember 1964
Current ownerIan Riley

SR Merchant Navy Class No. 35009 Shaw Savill is a 're-built' SR Merchant Navy class 'Pacific' (4-6-2) steam locomotive, named after the Shaw Savill Line, a British merchant shipping company. The locomotive was built at Eastleigh Works in June 1942 in its original air-smoothed form, and given the number 21C9. One of a batch of eight Merchant Navy class locomotives whose air-smoothed casing was made of asbestos board, 21C9 was from the start in wartime black livery. [1] It was allocated to Salisbury shed. [2]

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Between 1945 and 1947, the Merchant Navy class were repainted in Malachite green livery, with yellow lining. 21C9 was one of several in a variant of this livery, in which the smokebox cowls were painted green instead of black. [3] Shaw Savill was repainted in British Railways blue livery in August 1949, and in Brunswick Green in February 1953. [4]

Between 1956 and 1960, locomotives of the Merchant Navy class were rebuilt and the air-smoothed casing removed. Shaw Savill was rebuilt in March 1957, [5] withdrawn from service in July 1964 [5] and arrived at Woodham Brothers scrapyard in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales, in December 1964. At the time of withdrawal it had travelled 1,127,452 miles. [6]

Some time after 1984[ when? ], the locomotive left Barry for preservation on the Mid Hants Railway (Watercress Line). It spent just over 4 years there but with the Mid Hants railway buying more locos it was decided to move 35009 Shaw Savill again, to Bury. [6]

By late 2009, Shaw Savill lay dismantled at Buckley Wells shed in Bury. Its current owner Ian Riley had previously offered the locomotive for sale. [7] By 2019, Shaw Savill was still in unrestored condition following years of storage outside the shed in Bury; in September it was announced that the engine was to be restored to working order. The engine's frames, boiler and other parts were moved to Riley & Son Ltd in Heywood for restoration to mainline standard. [8]

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References

  1. Mannion, R.J. (1998). The Southern Pacifics. Sutton Publishing. p. 201.
  2. Mannion, p. 123
  3. Mannion, p. 74
  4. Mannion, p. 201
  5. 1 2 Mannion, p. 197
  6. 1 2 Mannion, p. 205
  7. Riley, Ian. "For sale: Loco No. 35009 'Shaw Saville'". [sic] (advertisement). Riley & Son (E) Ltd. Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2009.
  8. https://www.facebook.com/Rileysuk/photos/pcb.2489636824448698/2489636191115428/?type=3&theater Frames and boiler being moved to Riley & Son [ user-generated source ]