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British Railway (SR) – ‘MN Class’ 4-6-2 No.35005 ‘Canadian Pacific’ (SR No.21C5) with an up service passing Sway, Hampshire - c1958
The SR Merchant Navy class (originally known as the 21C1 class, and later informally known as Bulleid Pacific's, Spam Cans or Packets) is a class of air-smoothed 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotives designed for the Southern Railway by Oliver Bulleid. The Pacific design was chosen in preference to several others proposed by Bulleid. The first members of the class were constructed during the Second World War, and the last of the 30 locomotives in 1949.
Incorporating a number of new developments in British steam locomotive technology, the design of the Merchant Navy class was among the first to use welding in the construction process; this enabled easier fabrication of components during the austerity of the war and post-war economies. In addition the locomotives featured thermic syphons in their boilers and the controversial Bulleid chain-driven valve gear. The class members were named after the Merchant Navy shipping lines involved in the Battle of the Atlantic, and latterly those which used Southampton Docks, a publicity masterstroke by the Southern Railway, which operated Southampton Docks during the period.
Due to problems with some of the more novel features of Bulleid's design, all members of the class were modified by British Railways during the late 1950s, losing their air-smoothed casings in the process. The Merchant Navy class operated until the end of Southern steam in July 1967. A third of the class has survived and can be seen on heritage railways throughout Great Britain. They were known for reaching speeds of up to 105 mph (167 km/h).
MN Class 4-6-2 No.35005 (21C5) ’Canadian Pacific’ was designed by Oliver Bulleid and was built at Eastleigh Works in 1941 originally allocated to 72B Salisbury shed it was rebuilt at Eastleigh Works (BR) Nov 1959, it ended up at 82F Weymouth Shed where is was withdrawn in 1965. After withdrawal, Canadian Pacific was sold to Woodham Brothers Scrapyard in Barry in 1966. It left untouched until it was rescued in 1973 and made it to main line preservation, is currently owned by Mid Hants Railway Preservation Society and is based at Ropley, Hampshire under overhauled.
Photographer unknown - taken with an up service to London passing Sway, Hampshire c1958,
British Railway (SR) – ‘MN Class’ 4-6-2 No.35005 ‘Canadian Pacific’ (SR No.21C5) with an up service passing Sway, Hampshire - c1958
The SR Merchant Navy class (originally known as the 21C1 class, and later informally known as Bulleid Pacific's, Spam Cans or Packets) is a class of air-smoothed 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotives designed for the Southern Railway by Oliver Bulleid. The Pacific design was chosen in preference to several others proposed by Bulleid. The first members of the class were constructed during the Second World War, and the last of the 30 locomotives in 1949.
Incorporating a number of new developments in British steam locomotive technology, the design of the Merchant Navy class was among the first to use welding in the construction process; this enabled easier fabrication of components during the austerity of the war and post-war economies. In addition the locomotives featured thermic syphons in their boilers and the controversial Bulleid chain-driven valve gear. The class members were named after the Merchant Navy shipping lines involved in the Battle of the Atlantic, and latterly those which used Southampton Docks, a publicity masterstroke by the Southern Railway, which operated Southampton Docks during the period.
Due to problems with some of the more novel features of Bulleid's design, all members of the class were modified by British Railways during the late 1950s, losing their air-smoothed casings in the process. The Merchant Navy class operated until the end of Southern steam in July 1967. A third of the class has survived and can be seen on heritage railways throughout Great Britain. They were known for reaching speeds of up to 105 mph (167 km/h).
MN Class 4-6-2 No.35005 (21C5) ’Canadian Pacific’ was designed by Oliver Bulleid and was built at Eastleigh Works in 1941 originally allocated to 72B Salisbury shed it was rebuilt at Eastleigh Works (BR) Nov 1959, it ended up at 82F Weymouth Shed where is was withdrawn in 1965. After withdrawal, Canadian Pacific was sold to Woodham Brothers Scrapyard in Barry in 1966. It left untouched until it was rescued in 1973 and made it to main line preservation, is currently owned by Mid Hants Railway Preservation Society and is based at Ropley, Hampshire under overhauled.
Photographer unknown - taken with an up service to London passing Sway, Hampshire c1958,