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2873 was withdrawn and condemned from the Southall shed in December 1964 and arrived at the scrapyard in Barry in March 1965.
2873 became the last loco to be sold at the Barry scrapyard and was purchased from Dai Woodham by the 'Dumbledton Hall Preservation Limited' and left Barry in March 1988 for Tyseley where the boiler was removed with the intention to use it for a new build, which never materialised. Eventually 2873 together with the removed boiler were taken to the South Devon Railway (SDR) at Buckfastleigh, and the plan was to use the driving wheels on 3803, yet the boiler was used instead.
With technological advances, the SDR successfully re-tyred the existing wheels of 3803.
In February 2022, the SDR announced that 3803 together with the rolling chassis of 2873 had been sold to the 'Dartmouth Steam Railway'.
As an aside note: 4920 'Dumbleton Hall' last steamed in 1999. It was subsequently stored out of use at Buckfastleigh on the South Devon Railway, awaiting overhaul. In December 2020 it was sold to Warner Brothers. In February 2021 it moved to Carnforth for cosmetic restoration by West Coast Railways. In December 2021 it was then exported from Southampton to Japan where it will form part of a Harry Potter static exhibit at Warner Bros Studio Tour in Tokyo
A scan from a 35mm Fujichrome slide.
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Rolls Royce 40/50 New Phantom (1925-29) Engine 7668cc S6 OHV
Production 3512 (2269 at Derby, 1243, in Springfield Massachusetts,
Chassis Number 48HC
Registration Number TW 560 (Essex)
ROLLS ROYCE ALBUM
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The Rolls-Royce Phantom was Rolls-Royce's replacement for the original Silver Ghost. Introduced as the New Phantom in 1925, the Phantom had a larger 7668cc pushrod-OHV straight-6 engine, which was a a bi-bloc engine rather than the mono bloc of the of the Twenty, but with similar pushrod OHV and it incurred less tax than the Silver Ghost despite having a greater capacity. The New Phantom used the same frame as the Silver Ghost with semi-elliptical springs suspending the front axle and cantilever springs at the rear, it also used four wheel hydraulic brakes with a servo-assistance system licensed from Hispano-Suiza were also specified though some early US supplied cars were rear braking only.
Only the chassis and mechanical parts were produced by Rolls-Royce. The body was made and fitted by a coachbuilder selected by the owner. Coachbuilders who produced bodies for New Phantom cars included Barker, Park Ward, Biddle and Smart, Thrupp + Maberly, Mulliner, Hooper and the Italian coachbuilder Zagato. American Phantoms could be bought with standardized bodies from Brewster & Co a Rolls Royce subsidiary along with additional options, notably from Fleetwood
48HC
was originally ordered by Sir Heath Harrison Bart and bodied for him by Lawton Goodman as a 6 passenger limousine with twin spare wheels, which replaced his previous Lawton bodied Ghost. The car was converted into a hearse some time after his and his wifes deaths in the late 30s, the hearse body subsequently being removed in the early 1960s. The car has been off the road since then
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Shot 10.10.2021 at Bicester Scramble, Bicester, Oxon. Ref. 122-347