BR standard class 7
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Image:70017 Arrow at Amergate with the Palatine, 9-1958.jpg Image:70015 Apollo at Carlisle.jpg Image:46115 and 70037 at Carlisle Kingmoor, 1964.jpg British Railways' standard class 7, otherwise known as the Britannia Class is a class of 4-6-2 steam locomotive designed for express passenger work, one of British Railways' standard classes of the 1950s. 55 examples were built and 2 survive.
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[edit] Variations
70035-70039 were built with roller bearings on the leading and trailing coupled axles only and plain bearings elsewhere. 70040-70049 were built with plain bearings throughout. Over their service life the roller bearings used in remaining cases showed no advantage in reliability or cost.
[edit] Names
- 70000 Britannia
- 70001 Lord Hurcomb
- 70002 Geoffrey Chaucer
- 70003 John Bunyan
- 70004 William Shakespeare
- 70005 John Milton
- 70006 Robert Burns
- 70007 Coeur-de-Lion
- 70008 Black Prince
- 70009 Alfred the Great
- 70010 Owen Glendower
- 70011 Hotspur
- 70012 John of Gaunt
- 70013 Oliver Cromwell
- 70014 Iron Duke
- 70015 Apollo
- 70016 Ariel
- 70017 Arrow
- 70018 Flying Dutchman
- 70019 Lightning
- 70020 Mercury
- 70021 Morning Star
- 70022 Tornado
- 70023 Venus
- 70024 Vulcan
- 70025 Western Star
- 70026 Polar Star
- 70027 Rising Star
- 70028 Royal Star
- 70029 Shooting Star
- 70030 William Wordsworth
- 70031 Byron
- 70032 Tennyson
- 70033 Charles Dickens
- 70034 Thomas Hardy
- 70035 Rudyard Kipling
- 70036 Boadicea
- 70037 Hereward the Wake
- 70038 Robin Hood
- 70039 Sir Christopher Wren
- 70040 Clive of India
- 70041 Sir John Moore
- 70042 Lord Roberts
- 70043 Lord Kitchener
- 70044 Earl Haig
- 70045 Lord Rowallan
- 70046 Anzac
- 70047 (Not named)
- 70048 The Territorial Army 1908-1958
- 70049 Solway Firth
- 70050 Firth of Clyde
- 70051 Firth of Forth
- 70052 Firth of Tay
- 70053 Moray Firth
- 70054 Dornoch Firth
Note that 92220 Evening Star was a Standard Class 9F locomotive.
[edit] Preservation
Two Britannias have survived, the original 70000 Britannia and 70013 Oliver Cromwell.
[edit] References
- A Detailed History Of BR Standard Steam Locomotives. Volume 1. Background to Standardisation and Pacific Classes Railway Correspondence & Travel Society (RCTS). Author? (1994) ISBN 0-901115-81-9
- "British Railways Standard Steam Locomotives", E.S.Cox, 1966. Published by Ian Allan. Cox was the technical head of the Standard Locomotive design process and the book must be read in that light, but it provides an authoritative guide from a credible witness.
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Britannia Class 7 |
Duke of Gloucester |
Clan Class 6 |
5MT 4-6-0 |
4MT 4-6-0 |
