BR Riddles 4MT 80079
80079 in service
80079 is a BRBritish Rail or British Railways Standard Class 4 2-6-4T tank engine designed by R.A. RiddlesRobert Arthur "Robin" Riddles, Member of the Railway Executive for Mechanical and Electrical Engineering responsible for the design of the British Rail Standard Class locomotives. The Class 4 tank engine was derived from the ex-LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway FairburnCharles Edward Fairburn, Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway 1944-1945 2-6-4T, and was used mainly on commuter and outer suburban services.
75069 was built in 1954 at BRBritish Rail or British Railways’s Brighton works and entered service at Plaistow in March of that year, before moving to Tilbury a month later.[1] While hauling a passenger train on 30 January 1958, 80079 overran signals in thick fog and was in a rear-end collision with another passenger train at Dagenham, Essex. Ten people were killed and 89 were injured.[2]
After repair, 75069 continued in service at Tilbury, before moving to the Croes Newydd shed, Wrexham in July 1962. The locomotive was withdrawn from there in 1965 and taken to BarryWoodham Brothers Scrapyard, Barry, South Wales. The source of many locomotives now in preservation..[1]
80079 in preservation
80079 arrived from BarryWoodham Brothers Scrapyard, Barry, South Wales. The source of many locomotives now in preservation. on 15 May, 1971. After restoration, 80079 entered service in 1977.
80079 is currently on display in The Engine House. It is owned by The Passenger Tank Fund.
See also
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 [BRDatabase] Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ↑ Red for Danger. Rolt, L.T.C. (1955, rev. 1966)
