Taken 14/10/90 at the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre's 1990 Grand Autumn Steam up; Loco details from the BRC's website;
"This Sentinel engine is similar to the LNER Y1 class (BR Nos. 68130 - 68153) introduced in 1925. It has a direct chain drive between the crankshaft and axles. Delivered new to the GWR, it was taken into stock as their No. 12 on 1 October 1926. Fitted with equipment for working train vacuum brakes and steam heating, it was based at Swindon for use on the Malmesbury branch, and then sent to work at Brentford Goods Yard. These trials were not successful and the loco was taken out of stock in December 1926, being returned to Sentinel the following month.
Modifications were carried out in 1927, including the fitting of a larger boiler, which enabled further trials, including passenger working, to take place on the Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Railway during the latter part of the year. The loco then returned to the GWR where more trials were undertaken on the Malmesbury Branch on 2 October 1927. During these trials a speed of 38 mph was attained, hauling a train of three four-wheel coaches, taking just 16½ minutes to cover the 6½ miles from Malmesbury to Dauntsey. The loco then returned to Shrewsbury, where it was used by Sentinel as a works shunter until April 1929, when once more it underwent trials, this time on the LMS at Shrewsbury. More works shunting followed until it was sold in October 1934 to Thomas E. Grey Ltd. of Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire, where it was numbered 2 and carried the name Isebrook. It worked until 1958 when a more modern Sentinel replacement arrived.
The boiler and parts of the engine were removed and it was used as a brake van until condemned in 1972, shortly afterwards being purchased for preservation and moved to Quainton on 31st May 1972. Restoration work took seven years and included fitting a reconditioned boiler and engine unit, extensive bodywork replacement as well as a complete renewal of pipework. The first steaming for over twenty years took place on 26 August 1979. The locomotive was restored to lined black livery. During 1981 vacuum brake equipment was refitted enabling light passenger trains to be worked.
Isebrook left Quainton on 31st May 2001 for Rosemary Vineyards on the Isle of Wight, before moving onto the Lavender Line. June 2008 saw her return to Quainton. During 2009 vacuum brake equipment was again refitted enabling light passenger trains to be worked. Isebrook spent the summer of 2012 at the Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway. A short visit was also made to the Didcot Railway Centre.
Isebrook started its 10-year overhaul early in 2013, being stripped down to the chassis for overhaul."
www.brc-stockbook.co.uk/6515.htm
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Scan of a slide taken 14/10/90 at the 1990 Buckinghamshire Railway Centre's 1990 Grand Autumn Steam Up. I think this is works number 9537 (and if so the history is as below) but it could possibly be works number 9376, which was also once resident at Quainton Road:
"This locomotive is a later Sentinel design, incorporating improvements over previous designs of this type. It includes a rear bunker of larger capacity, a larger water tank of fabricated construction, and the ability to change gear without leaving the loco cab, but the loco has to be stationary when so doing. Other minor improvements in cab controls were also made.
Built in 1952, No. 9537 was delivered new, with sister loco No. 9536, to the Chesterfield Tube Co. Ltd, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Both locos were named after the children of the works marketing director: No. 9536 became Timothy, and No. 9537, Susan.
In 1967 Timothy was part-exchanged for a Thomas Hill diesel loco, but his 'sister' Susan was sold for preservation to Mr. J. Morris of Lytham St. Annes, and exhibited in his "Motive Power Museum" from 1965. It was later sold to a QRS member, arriving at Quainton during 1984. Before long she was steaming again, running frequently on open days. She was sold again to another Quainton member in 1986.
It was retubed, and restored to service in 1993. It is vacuum braked and has often hauled trains on Open Days. The locomotive is vertically boilered and has a chain drive between the crankshaft and axles.
Susan left the Centre on 9th April 2014, initially moving to the South Devon Railway Works for work to be completed. It is then due to go onto the Barry Tourist Railway."
www.brc-stockbook.co.uk/9537.htm
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Scan of a slide taken on 14/10/90; Once again I've cut and pasted from the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre's website:
"Number 2243 was built by Barclay in 1948, and although over thirty years younger, bears a remarkable resemblance to Quainton's other Barclay fireless locomotive, No. 1477. Laporte chemical manufacturers took delivery of No. 2243 on 14 July 1948, and it spent all its working life at their Luton plant, apart from a period between 1958 and 1960 when it was loaned to the Laporte factory at Warrington, Lancashire. When withdrawn from service in 1972, the locomotive, which had been Laporte No. 2, was donated to the Society by the company, arriving on 27th November of that year.
The engine was on static display until 1981, when the QRS solved the problem of steaming a fireless locomotive away from its natural environment. Laporte once more assisted the Society and kindly sponsored the restoration of the locomotive. No. 2243 was occasionally steamed during major events and on enthusiasts days, during the 1990s. On these occasions its was charged using locomotive Coventry No. 1. Since then the locomotive has not operated. Details on how the loco was charged is included on the fireless page:
www.brc-stockbook.co.uk/fireless.htm"
Scan of a slide taken 14/10/90; Coventry No. 1 was built in 1939 by North British Ltd to a Neilsen Reid design for the Coltness Iron Co. Ltd. Its first home was the Coventry Colliery of their subsidiary firm the Warwickshire Coal Co. Ltd. Passing to the NCB in 1947 the loco stayed at Coventry until replaced by an ex GWR 0-6-0PT in 1962. Spells followed at Ansley, where a new boiler was fitted, Newdigate (twice) and Haunchwood before being replaced by a diesel in 1970 led to its purchase by the Quainton Railway Society saw it operating at the centre from 1973. As pictured here the loco’s resemblance to ‘Thomas’ dictates the livery, yet the 'Coventry No. 1' nameplates are fixed to the loco.
Scan of a slide taken 14/10/90; I used to aim to get to Quainton Road relatively early in the day, which had the advantage of beating the crowds, but the disadvantage that the early morning Sun led to a good number of 'bunker snaps', especially in the Up Yard.
Some notes on No. 9466 from the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre's Website:
"First introduced in 1947, the 94XX pannier tanks were designed by F. W. Hawksworth as a modern version of the 57XX machines of C B Collett. The first ten of the 94XX series were built by the Great Western Railway at their Swindon works and were fitted with superheated boilers. The prototype engine of the class, 9400, was built in Swindon and entered traffic in February 1947. On the formation of British Railways in 1948, it was decided to continue building these useful locos, and a further 200 were order, with 50 to be by Swindon and 150 by outside contractors (Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns, W G Bagnall, Yorkshire Engine Company, Hunslett and Hudswell Clarke) between 1949 and 1956. The 50 Swindon engines only had their boilers built at Swindon, the rest also contracted out. They were not superheated however, as by now this was considered unnecessary for the shunting work on which they were employed. These engines were numbered 9410 to 9499, 8400 to 8499 and 3400 to 3409.
9466 itself was one of a batch of thirty built by Robert Stephenson and Hawthorn Ltd. under lot No. 383, being towed from Darlington to Swindon during February 1952 as RSH works No. 7617. Its first home depot was Worcester (85A). Worcester had a number of these 94XX tanks which were used not only for shunting and pilot work, but also on local passenger and freight duties including the Malvern and Evesham turns and Bromyard branch freight.
9466 stayed at Worcester for 9 years until it was overhauled at Wolverhampton Stafford Road Works (November 1960), before transfer to Bristol (St Phillips Marsh) (82B) in January 1961. The demise of steam on the Great Western was in full spate in the early 1960’s and engines of the 94XX class were becoming redundant. Some were withdrawn and scrapped and some were stored at Swindon and elsewhere pending a decision on their fate. In November 1960 fifty of the class were sold to private dealers for scrap. Nine of the fifty were sold to Woodham Brothers of Barry. GWR No. 9466 was not in this batch condemned.
Towards the end of its working life the engine also saw service at Tondu depot (86F) in South Wales from June 1962, and at Radyr shed (88B) also in South Wales from July 1963. Duties at these two sheds were similar and comprised trip work and yard shunting. These activities were taken over by diesel motive power in the form of 350hp shunters and Class 37’s. 9466 was withdrawn for scrap on 6 June 1964 after a working life of less than 12 years. This was longer than many of the class, for example 3404 was built in March 1956 and withdrawn in July 1962 after a mere 6¼ years.
No. 9466 was sold to Woodham Brothers of Barry, where it was in residence by the end of October 1964. It spent 11 years in this famous scrap yard, almost as long as it had worked British Railways. 9466 arrived at Quainton on 25th September 1975, and has been in the present owner, Dennis Howells' possession since 1977, with the original restoration taking 8 years. Since restoration, the locomotive has visited and worked as a guest in a number of private lines and railway centres."