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    Great Western, Grange Class Locomotives: Their Design and Development
    Great Western, Grange Class Locomotives: Their Design and Development
    Great Western, Grange Class Locomotives: Their Design and Development
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    Great Western, Grange Class Locomotives: Their Design and Development

    By David Maidment

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    The renowned British railroad historian delivers “a well-illustrated account of the rationale behind Collett’s construction of this 80 strong class” (West Somerset Railway Association).
     
    English railway engineer George Jackson Churchward proposed a 5ft 8in wheeled 4-6-0 for mixed traffic duties in 1901 and it was seriously considered in 1905, but it took until 1936 before his successor, Charles Collett, realized the plan by persuading the GWR Board to replace many of the 43XX moguls with modern standard mixed traffic engines that bore a remarkable likeness to the Churchward proposal. David Maidment has written another in his series of “Locomotive Portfolios” for Pen & Sword to coincide with the construction of a new “Grange” at Llangollen from GW standard parts to fill the gap left by the total withdrawal and scrapping of one of that railway’s most popular classes—to their crews at the very least.
     
    As well as covering the type’s design and construction, the author deals comprehensively with the allocation and operation of the eighty locomotives and in particular has researched their performance and illustrated it with many examples of recorded logs from the 1930s as well as in more recent times. As in previous volumes, the author has added his own personal experiences with the engines and has sourced more than 250 photos, over 40 of which are in color.
     
    “Superbly researched . . . another extraordinary and unreservedly recommended addition to . . . British Railroading History collections.” —Midwest Book Review 
     
    “Granges worked off-region quite widely, so this is not just a book for the copper-capped chimney brigade; enthusiasts for whom these capable machines are favorites will definitely want this volume on the bookshelf.” —Railway Modeller
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateMar 30, 2019
    ISBN9781526752024
    Great Western, Grange Class Locomotives: Their Design and Development
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    David Maidment

    David Maidment was a senior manager with British Railways, with widespread experience of railway operating on the Western and London Midland Regions culminating in the role of Head of Safety Policy for the BRB after the Clapham Junction train accident.He retired in 1996, was a Principal Railway Safety Consultant with International Risk Management Services from 1996 to 2001 and founded the Railway Children charity (www.railwaychildren.co.uk) in 1995. He was awarded the OBE for services to the rail industry in 1996 and is now a frequent speaker on both the charity.

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      Great Western, Grange Class Locomotives - David Maidment

      Chapter 1

      THE PREDECESSORS

      George Jackson Churchward had been supporting the final years of William Dean’s long career as Locomotive Carriage & Wagon Superintendent at Swindon when the latter’s health had been failing. During this period, Churchward had also been studying overseas practice, particularly in France and the USA and had been in reality preparing himself for the time when he would take over formally. Whilst he had been developing Dean’s outside framed 4-4-0s for both main line and mixed traffic duties and equipping them with his taper boilers and Belpaire fireboxes, he had drawn up a plan for six new standard locomotive types to meet the needs of the Great Western’s traffic department for the foreseeable future. These designs would incorporate Stephenson’s link motion with single inside frames and outside cylinders measuring 18in by 30in stroke, 8½in diameter piston valves and his latest boiler developments.

      These six designs were outline in 1901 just before he was formally appointed to the chief role at Swindon. They were for:

      -A heavy main line 4-6-0 express passenger engine with 6ft 8in driving wheels (which became the ‘Saints’)

      -An express 4-6-0 passenger locomotive for heavily graded routes with 5ft 8in driving wheels (which was not developed at the time but in effect was the concept of the ‘Grange’)

      -A heavy 2-8-0 goods engine with 4ft 7½in driving wheels (the 28XX standard freight engine)

      -A heavy 2-6-2T for shorter distance goods traffic with 5ft 8in driving wheels (the 31XX and 3150 class which developed over the years into the GW standard Prairie tanks of the 41/51/61XX series)

      -A light express passenger 4-4-0 with 6ft 8½in driving wheels (the ‘County’ class)

      -A 4-4-2T for short distance express passenger and commuter train operation with 6ft 8½in driving wheels (the 22XX ‘County’

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