Scan of a slide taken in October 1991:
Scan of a slide taken in 1991: The current building dates from 1892 when the line was taken over by the Metropolitan Railway and in 1906 the station passed to the Metropolitan/GC Joint Committee. Until 1935 Quainton was the junction for the Brill branch, passenger trains were withdrawn in 1963, the GCR closed to traffic in 1966, leaving the line in front of the platform face as a goods only line to Calvert.
Scan of a slide taken in October 1991 at the Buckinghamshire Railway Grand Autumn Steam Up. Another Andrew Barclay fireless loco resident at at Quainton Road. These notes are lifted from the excellent on-line Buckinghamshire Railway Centre website;
"Barclay No. 1477, one of the oldest fireless locomotives still in existence, was ordered by the War Department for HM Queensferry gunpowder factory in 1916. It was delivered to the Gretna Munitions Factory and records show the locomotive as their number GF 2, although in fact the machine has borne the number GF 3 all its life.
In 1936, Laporte chemical manufacturers of Luton purchased the engine from G. Cohen, a dealer who had obtained it from Gretna. At Luton, GF 3 became Laporte No. 1, although still proudly bearing its GF 3 plates from Gretna! 1971 saw this locomotive redundant and Laporte kindly donated it to the QRS."
Scan of a slide taken in October 1991; 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 When withdrawn from service in 1972, the locomotive, which had been Laporte No. 2, was donated to the Society by the company, arriving on 27th November of that year.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 another slide of No. 2243 taken in October 1991; 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"