Taff Vale Railway U1 class

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Taff Vale Railway U and U1 classes
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
Designer Tom Hurry Riches
Builder Vulcan Foundry
Build dateU: 1895; U1: 1896
Total producedU: 8
U1: 7
Specifications
Configuration:
   Whyte 0-6-2T
   UIC C1 n2t
Gauge 4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Driver dia.5 ft 3 in (1.600 m)
Trailing dia. U: 3 ft 8+34 in (1.137 m);
U1: 3 ft 1 in (0.940 m)
Loco weightU: 63 long tons 0 cwt (141,100 lb or 64 t)
(70.6 short tons);
U1: 62 long tons 18 cwt (140,900 lb or 63.9 t)
(70.4 short tons)
Boiler pressure160 psi (1.10 MPa)
SuperheaterNone
Cylinders Two
Cylinder size 17.5 in × 26 in (444 mm × 660 mm)
Valve gear Stephenson
Performance figures
Tractive effort 17,190 lbf (76.46 kN)
Career
Operators TVR  » GWR
Retired1927–1931
DispositionAll scrapped

The Taff Vale Railway U and U1 classes were 0-6-2T steam tank locomotive operated by Taff Vale Railway, Wales, from 1895. All were still in use when the Taff Vale Railway was acquired by the Great Western Railway in 1922 but were withdrawn from traffic between 1927 and 1931.

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Overview

Tom Hurry Riches, the Taff Vale Railway's Locomotive Superintendent brought out 2 similar classes, the U and the U1 for working passenger trains, both 0-6-2Ts. The only difference between the U and U1 class was in the radial wheels which were 3 ft 8+34 in (1.137 m) in the former and 3 ft 1 in (0.940 m) in the latter.

The boilers were identical with those fitted on the N, O and O1 classes but worked at the design pressure of 160 pounds-force per square inch (1.10 MPa), the mixed traffic engines being worked at 150 psi (1.03 MPa), or occasionally 140 psi (0.97 MPa). The main differences from the mixed traffic engines were larger diameter driving wheels, a longer wheelbase and replacing the usual four bar motion with single bar.

Accidents and incidents

Numbering

YearQuantityManufacturerSerial NumbersTVR NumbersGWR NumbersNotes
18958 Vulcan Foundry 1437–1444191–194, 23, 72, 76 and 77593, 595–597, 587, 589–591U class
18967 Vulcan Foundry 1458–146430, 40, 79, 195–198602, 588, 592, 598, 599, 603, 600U1 class

See also

References

  1. Hoole, Ken (1983). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 4. Redruth: Atlantic Books. p. 29. ISBN   0-906899-07-9.
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