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Wilson Worsdell
Wilson Worsdell (7 September 1850 – 14 April 1920) was an English locomotive engineer who was locomotive superintendent of the North Eastern Railway from 1890 to 1910. He was the younger brother of T.W. Worsdell. Wilson was born at Monks Coppenhall, near Crewe on 7 September 1850 to Nathaniel and Mary Worsdell; he was their tenth child and fourth son. In 1860 he was sent as a boarder to Ackworth, a Quaker school in Yorkshire. Career Wilson Worsdell worked at Crewe for a short time, then moved to the USA to work at the Altoona Works of the Pennsylvania Railroad. He returned to England in 1871 and worked for the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) and rose to be in charge of the locomotive shed at Chester.. In 1883, he became an Assistant Locomotive Superintendent of the North Eastern Railway (NER). Wilson's brother, Thomas William Worsdell was Locomotive Superintendent of the NER from 1885 to 1890. When Thomas William retired, Wilson replaced him as the NER's Locomotiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crewe
Crewe () is a railway town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England. The Crewe built-up area had a total population of 75,556 in 2011, which also covers parts of the adjacent civil parishes of Willaston, Shavington cum Gresty and Wistaston. Crewe is perhaps best known as a large railway junction and home to Crewe Works; for many years, it was a major railway engineering facility for manufacturing and overhauling locomotives, but now much reduced in size. From 1946 until 2002, it was also the home of Rolls-Royce motor car production. The Pyms Lane factory on the west of the town now exclusively produces Bentley motor cars. Crewe is north of London, south of Manchester city centre, and south of Liverpool city centre. History Medieval The name derives from an Old Welsh word ''criu'', meaning ' weir' or 'crossing'. The earliest record is in the Domesday Book, where it is written as ''Creu''. Modern Until the Grand Junction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NER Class N
The NER Class N (LNER Class N9) was a class of 0-6-2 tank locomotives of the North Eastern Railway. It was designed by Wilson Worsdell and introduced in 1893. Modifications Most of the engines were modified by fitting larger water tanks. This increased the total capacity from 1371 gallons to 1630 gallons. Three engines still had their original tanks at the 1923 Grouping. Air brakes were fitted to 10 locomotives between 1900 and 1923. The same engines received vacuum brake The vacuum brake is a braking system employed on trains and introduced in the mid-1860s. A variant, the automatic vacuum brake system, became almost universal in British train equipment and in countries influenced by British practice. Vacuum br ...s as well, between 1928 and 1931. Use The N9s were used on local goods trains. Numbering Seventeen locomotives passed into British Railways ownership in 1948 and their BR numbers are shown in the table below. Withdrawal Withdrawals took place between 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NER Class V
The NER Class V was a class of twenty steam locomotives of the 4-4-2 wheel arrangement. They were designed by Wilson Worsdell for the North Eastern Railway (NER) as express passenger locomotives. History In the early part of the twentieth century, the main express passenger services of the NER were mostly being hauled by 4-4-0 locomotives. The newest of these were Class R, thirty of which were built between 1899 and 1901; they were supplemented by the five 4-6-0 locomotives of Class S1 built in 1900–01. Train weights were increasing, and it was clear that a better design was required. The southern partner of the NER in the East Coast route was the Great Northern Railway, which since 1898 had built a number of 4-4-2 locomotives ( GNR Class C1) which proved capable of hauling the heaviest expresses of the period; and so Worsdell decided upon the same wheel arrangement for a new class for the NER. The first ten, built at Gateshead in 1903–04, were assigned Class V; the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NER Class U
The NER Class U (LNER Class N10) was a class of 0-6-2 tank locomotives of the North Eastern Railway. It was designed by Wilson Worsdell and introduced in 1902. Use The locomotives were used for shunting and on goods trains Rail freight transport is the use of railroads and trains to transport cargo as opposed to human passengers. A freight train, cargo train, or goods train is a group of freight cars (US) or goods wagons (International Union of Railways) hauled .... All were fitted with Westinghouse brakes. Numbering The whole class was transferred from the NER to the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) in 1923 and to British Railways (BR) in 1948. Numbers (where known) are shown below. Withdrawal One locomotive was withdrawn in 1948 and the remainder were withdrawn between 1955 and 1962. None is preserved. References 0-6-2T locomotives U Railway locomotives introduced in 1902 Scrapped locomotives Standard gauge steam locomotives of Great Britain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NER Class T
The NER Class T (LNER Class Q5) was a class of 0-8-0 steam locomotives of the North Eastern Railway. Sub-classes There were two NER sub-classes. Class T had piston valves, while class T1 had slide valves. The London and North Eastern Railway The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) was the second largest (after LMS) of the " Big Four" railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in Britain. It operated from 1 January 1923 until nationalisation on 1 January 1948. At th ... classified both types as Q5. Between 1932 and 1934, the LNER rebuilt fourteen Q5s with larger boilers and these were given the sub-class Q5/2. The unrebuilt locomotives were re-classified Q5/1. References 0-8-0 locomotives T Railway locomotives introduced in 1901 Railway Operating Division locomotives Standard gauge steam locomotives of Great Britain {{England-steam-loco-stub Freight locomotives ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NER Class S1
The NER Class S1 (LNER Class B14) was a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotives of the North Eastern Railway. It was designed by Wilson Worsdell and five locomotives were built between 1900 and 1901 at Gateshead works. The S1 was similar to the NER Class S but had larger driving wheels and a higher boiler pressure. Modifications Schmidt superheaters and longer smokebox A smokebox is one of the major basic parts of a steam locomotive exhaust system. Smoke and hot gases pass from the firebox through tubes where they pass heat to the surrounding water in the boiler. The smoke then enters the smokebox, and is e ...es were fitted between 1913 and 1917. Use When built, the S1s hauled heavy passenger expresses between York, Newcastle, and Edinburgh. They were gradually replaced on these services by NER Class R and NER Class R1 4-4-0s. From 1907, they were mainly used for hauling fish trains. Locomotive details Withdrawal All five locomotives were withdrawn between 1929 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NER Class S
The North Eastern Railway Class S (LNER Class B13) was a 4-6-0 type of steam locomotive designed for express passenger workings. The first example was built in 1899. They were very similar to the NER Class S1, except for the smaller wheels of the former. Design They were designed to reduce double heading on the East Coast Main Line. However they steamed poorly, with a smaller and shallower grate than was used even by other locomotives at the time, and the 4-4-0s of the NER Class R quickly replaced them, with the 4-4-2 layout being preferred for later express passenger designs. The class were re-classified as London and North Eastern Railway Class B13 in 1923. Modifications The first seven locomotives had slide valves, while the remainder had piston valves Piston valves are one form of valve used to control the flow of steam within a steam engine or locomotive. They control the admission of steam into the cylinders and its subsequent exhausting, enabling a locom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NER Class R1
The NER Class R1 (LNER Class D21) was a class of 4-4-0 steam locomotives of the North Eastern Railway. The class was designed by Wilson Worsdell and built from 1908 to 1909. Design The design was similar to that of the NER Class R (LNER Class D20) but a larger boiler was used. Boiler pressure was initially . Towards the end of construction the work was to be moved from Gateshead to Darlington Works. However the initial locomotive assembled as Darlington was failed as unfit to drive and subsequent investigations established that the coupling rod centres were not equal, resuling in a change of Works Manager at Darlington. Modifications Boiler pressure was reduced to 180 psi (1.24 MPa) at an unknown date. Superheaters were fitted between 1912 and 1915 and, at the same time, boiler pressure was further reduced to . It was standard NER practice to reduce boiler pressure when fitting a superheater. At some time before the 1923 Grouping, boiler pressure was increased to . Use Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NER Class R
The NER Class R (later, LNER Class D20) was a class of 4-4-0 steam locomotive, designed by Wilson Worsdell for the North Eastern Railway. They passed to the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) in 1923. In 1936, some were rebuilt with long-travel piston valves and classified D20/2. The unrebuilt locomotives were re-classified D20/1. Numbering Forty-six D20/1 and three D20/2 locomotives passed to British Railways British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was a state-owned company that operated most of the overground rail transport in Great Britain from 1948 to 1997. It was formed from the nationalisation of the Big Four British ... in 1948 and they were numbered 62340-62397 (with gaps). Preservation The last D20 was withdrawn in 1957 and none were preserved. References * External links D20/1''Rail UK'' D20/2''Rail UK'' The W.Worsdell Class D20 (NER Class R) 4-4-0 Locomotives''LNER Encyclopedia'' R 4-4-0 locomotives Railway loc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NER Class E1
The North Eastern Railway Class E1, classified as Class J72 by the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER), is a class of small 0-6-0T steam locomotives designed by Wilson Worsdell for shunting. They had inside cylinders and Stephenson valve gear. They were a development of the earlier NER Class E (LNER Class J71) 0-6-0 T designed by T.W. Worsdell who was Wilson Worsdell's brother. History Build dates A total of 113 locomotives were built: * 1898–1899, 20 locos built by NER at Darlington Works * 1914, 20 locos built by NER at Darlington Works * 1920, 10 locos built by NER at Darlington Works * 1922, 25 locos built for NER by Armstrong Whitworth & Co * 1925, 10 locos built by LNER at Doncaster Works * 1949–1951, 28 locos built by British Railways at Darlington Works This is a rare, possibly unique, example of a locomotive class which was built, completely unchanged, under pre-grouping, post-grouping and British Railways administration. Numbering British R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NER Class P3
The North Eastern Railway (NER) Class P3, classified J27 by the LNER, is a class of 0-6-0 steam locomotive. The P3 Class was designed by Wilson Worsdell and was a relatively minor modification of the existing North Eastern Railway Class P2 (LNER Class J26). The most significant change was a deeper firebox with shallower sloping fire grate. This was achieved by raising the boiler slightly, and by reducing the clearance between the firebox and the rear axle. The P3 Class were a freight engine by nature and used for hauling long trains of freight. Construction Initially eighty J27s were built between 1906 and 1909 in five batches, distributed amongst the NER's Darlington Works, North British Locomotive Company, Beyer, Peacock and Company, and Robert Stephenson and Company. Twelve years later, a batch of twenty five J27s were built at Darlington with Schmidt superheaters and piston valves. These were delivered in 1921-2 and were followed by a final order of ten placed in Decembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NER Class P2
The NER Class P2 (LNER Class J26) was a class of 0-6-0 steam locomotives of the North Eastern Railway. All 50 locomotives survived into British Railways British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was a state-owned company that operated most of the overground rail transport in Great Britain from 1948 to 1997. It was formed from the nationalisation of the Big Four British ... ownership in 1948 and their BR numbers were BR 65730-65779 renumbered from LNER 5730-5779 . None survive into preservation. The design is based on the P1 and Class P. All were withdrawn from 1952-1966 and scrapped. References 0-6-0 locomotives P2 Railway locomotives introduced in 1904 Scrapped locomotives Standard gauge steam locomotives of Great Britain {{England-steam-loco-stub Freight locomotives ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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