H15 class 30331 at Salisbury
H15 30331 on Salisbury shed some time between March 1956 and March 1961.
Built in April 1906 as an F13 class it was rebuilt as an H15 in November 1924 and was withdrawn in March 1961 from Salisbury shed where it had spent all but 5 months of its life as an H15.
The S15 (freight), H15 (mixed traffic) and N15 (passenger) classes were basically similar 4-6-0s designed by Urie for the LSWR each with further batches to the improved design of Maunsell when he became CME for the Southern Railway.
The H15 class, however, was a more mixed bag as it incorporated rebuilds by both Urie and Maunsell of earlier Drummond-designed LSWR engines. The rebuilds retained their original numbers resulting in a class with a jumble of out-of-sequence numbers which were simply given the prefix '30' when taken over by BR:
30482-30491 were Urie's original design introduced in 1914 with running plate stepped over the cylinders.
30473-30478 and 30521-30524 were the Maunsell's improved versions of 1924 with a straight running plate.
30330-30334 were Maunsell's rebuilds of Drummond F13s with a straight running plate.
30335 was a Urie rebuild of the sole member of Drummond's E14 class with the running plate stepped over the cylinders.
The Urie and rebuilt Drummond engines had a smokebox of greater diameter than the boiler and straight smoke deflectors giving them a somewhat ungainly look while the Maunsell engines had tapered boilers with smokeboxes of the same diameter and smoke deflectors with the upper section angled inwards giving a more elegant look.
The rebuilds retained the Drummond eight-wheel 'water cart' tenders but in March 1956 30331 was given the Urie eight-wheel double-bogie tender, seen here, from N15 30744 'Maid of Astolat' which had been withdrawn in the January.
H15 class 30331 at Salisbury
H15 30331 on Salisbury shed some time between March 1956 and March 1961.
Built in April 1906 as an F13 class it was rebuilt as an H15 in November 1924 and was withdrawn in March 1961 from Salisbury shed where it had spent all but 5 months of its life as an H15.
The S15 (freight), H15 (mixed traffic) and N15 (passenger) classes were basically similar 4-6-0s designed by Urie for the LSWR each with further batches to the improved design of Maunsell when he became CME for the Southern Railway.
The H15 class, however, was a more mixed bag as it incorporated rebuilds by both Urie and Maunsell of earlier Drummond-designed LSWR engines. The rebuilds retained their original numbers resulting in a class with a jumble of out-of-sequence numbers which were simply given the prefix '30' when taken over by BR:
30482-30491 were Urie's original design introduced in 1914 with running plate stepped over the cylinders.
30473-30478 and 30521-30524 were the Maunsell's improved versions of 1924 with a straight running plate.
30330-30334 were Maunsell's rebuilds of Drummond F13s with a straight running plate.
30335 was a Urie rebuild of the sole member of Drummond's E14 class with the running plate stepped over the cylinders.
The Urie and rebuilt Drummond engines had a smokebox of greater diameter than the boiler and straight smoke deflectors giving them a somewhat ungainly look while the Maunsell engines had tapered boilers with smokeboxes of the same diameter and smoke deflectors with the upper section angled inwards giving a more elegant look.
The rebuilds retained the Drummond eight-wheel 'water cart' tenders but in March 1956 30331 was given the Urie eight-wheel double-bogie tender, seen here, from N15 30744 'Maid of Astolat' which had been withdrawn in the January.