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Following withdrawal in 1969 she was purchased in working order by the Worcester Locomotive Society and moved to the SVR, where she spent the winter of 1969-70 on engineers’ trains. In 1970, the Worcester Locomotive Society moved their locomotives including 'Carnarvon' and [[GWR Pannier 5786]] to the Bulmers Railway Centre at Hereford.  
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Following withdrawal in 1969 she was purchased in working order by the [[Worcester Locomotive Society]] and moved to the SVR, where she spent the winter of 1969-70 on engineers’ trains. In 1970, the Worcester Locomotive Society moved their locomotives including 'Carnarvon' and [[GWR Pannier 5786]] to the Bulmers Railway Centre at Hereford.  
  
 
During the oil crisis in 1973, 'Carnarvon' was reportedly used to shunt wagons of cider apples for Bulmers (a producer of cider), in place of the usual diesel shunters <ref>Comments on [https://www.flickr.com/photos/60790501@N04/5696777089 Flickr photo] of Carnarvon at Hereford</ref>. When the Centre closed, she found a new home in 1993 at the South Devon Railway.   
 
During the oil crisis in 1973, 'Carnarvon' was reportedly used to shunt wagons of cider apples for Bulmers (a producer of cider), in place of the usual diesel shunters <ref>Comments on [https://www.flickr.com/photos/60790501@N04/5696777089 Flickr photo] of Carnarvon at Hereford</ref>. When the Centre closed, she found a new home in 1993 at the South Devon Railway.   

Revision as of 19:13, 23 September 2018

Kitson & Co 5474 'Carnarvon'
Kitson 5474 Carnarvon shunts Bridgnorth.jpg
Carnarvon shunts at Bridgnorth in 1969
Built By Kitson & Co
Configuration 0-6-0
Loco Number Works No 5474
Other Numbers 47
History
Built 1934
Designed By Manning, Wardle & Co
1969 Arrived on SVRSevern Valley Railway
1970 Left the SVRSevern Valley Railway
Technical
Length 29ft 0"
Weight 31t
Tractive effort 18,200 lb approximate
Pressure 160 lb/sq in

Steam Locomotives

Kitson 5474 in June 2010

Kitson & Co Works No. 5474 'Carnarvon' was resident on the SVRSevern Valley Railway between 1969 and 1970.

The locomotive was built by Kitson & Co of Leeds in 1934 for Stewarts and Lloyds. This locomotive was built to a Manning Wardle design which Kitson acquired when Manning Wardle closed in 1926: the design dates from around 1917 when Manning Wardle built six locomotives for Stewarts and Lloyds to work at the quarry at Corby.[1] The locomotive has 4ft 0in diameter wheels and two 16in inside cylinders.

47 in service

Stewarts and Lloyds numbered her No. 47. A number of locomotives carried the (anglicised) names of Welsh towns in tribute to the Welsh wife of the owner of the company. 47's working life was spent at Corby, hauling iron ore from local quarries to the iron works.

'Carnarvon' in preservation

Following withdrawal in 1969 she was purchased in working order by the Worcester Locomotive Society and moved to the SVRSevern Valley Railway, where she spent the winter of 1969-70 on engineers’ trains. In 1970, the Worcester Locomotive Society moved their locomotives including 'Carnarvon' and GWR Pannier 5786 to the Bulmers Railway Centre at Hereford.

During the oil crisis in 1973, 'Carnarvon' was reportedly used to shunt wagons of cider apples for Bulmers (a producer of cider), in place of the usual diesel shunters [2]. When the Centre closed, she found a new home in 1993 at the South Devon Railway.

Gallery

See also

Former Residents

References

South Devon Railway

  1. Preserved British Steam Locomotives
  2. Comments on Flickr photo of Carnarvon at Hereford

Links

Preserved British Steam Locomotives
Stewarts and Lloyds, Grace's Guide to British Industrial History
South Devon Railway