73050_0905_Wansford
73050 departs Wansford tender first with the 14:20 service to Peterborough, 3rd May 2009.
Locomotive History
73050 was built at Derby works, being released to traffic on the 14th April 1954. It did not enter traffic immediately as it was chosen to represent the class at the "International Railway Congress” at Willesden, London between 26th and 29th May 1954.On entering traffic 73050 was one of three Standard class 5’s allocated to Bath Green Park MPD (73050 – 73052) for Somerset and Dorset line duties from Bath to Bournemouth. For these duties these three engines were built with the larger BR1G tender (normally fitted to Standard class 9F locomotives) which held 5000 gallons of water and 7 tons of coal. Whilst these tenders held slightly more water than most of the other types of BR1 tender fitted to the Standard class 5 locomotives (BR1 – 4250 gallons, BR1B – 4725 gallons, BR1C – 4725 gallons, BR1H – 4250 gallons) they were not the largest, which was the BR1F tender paired to 73110 – 73119 which held 5625 gallons. If water was an issue on the Somerset and Dorset line one wonders why the BR1F was not used on these three engines.
73050_0905_Wansford
73050 departs Wansford tender first with the 14:20 service to Peterborough, 3rd May 2009.
Locomotive History
73050 was built at Derby works, being released to traffic on the 14th April 1954. It did not enter traffic immediately as it was chosen to represent the class at the "International Railway Congress” at Willesden, London between 26th and 29th May 1954.On entering traffic 73050 was one of three Standard class 5’s allocated to Bath Green Park MPD (73050 – 73052) for Somerset and Dorset line duties from Bath to Bournemouth. For these duties these three engines were built with the larger BR1G tender (normally fitted to Standard class 9F locomotives) which held 5000 gallons of water and 7 tons of coal. Whilst these tenders held slightly more water than most of the other types of BR1 tender fitted to the Standard class 5 locomotives (BR1 – 4250 gallons, BR1B – 4725 gallons, BR1C – 4725 gallons, BR1H – 4250 gallons) they were not the largest, which was the BR1F tender paired to 73110 – 73119 which held 5625 gallons. If water was an issue on the Somerset and Dorset line one wonders why the BR1F was not used on these three engines.