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GWR Rheidol Tanks
The GWR Rheidol Tanks are a fleet of steam locomotives of the Great Western Railway design built between 1923 and 1924. They were designed by the railway's Chief Mechanical Engineer, Charles Collett, for working services on the Vale of Rheidol Railway between Aberystwyth and Devil's Bridge (Pontarfynach). Background Prior to the railway grouping in 1923, the Vale of Rheidol Railway was operated by Cambrian Railways. The fleet consisted of two locomotives built by Davies and Metcalfe, supplemented by a Bagnall locomotive. Shortly after taking control of the line, the GWR realised that the original rolling stock was in a poor state of repair. They built three new locomotives (numbered 7, 8 and 1213) at the GWR's Swindon Works. Number 1213 was later renumbered 9. Mistaken identity There are references (in print and online) to the misconception that No. 9 is one of the original Davies & Metcalfe Locomotives, as some websites and books incorrectly report, having been misled b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Charles Collett
Charles Benjamin Collett (10 September 1871 – 5 April 1952) was Chief mechanical engineer, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Great Western Railway from 1922 to 1941. He designed (amongst others) the GWR's GWR 4073 Class, Castle and GWR 6000 Class, King Class express passenger locomotives. Education and early career Collett was educated at the Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood, Merchant Taylors' School (then at Charterhouse Square, London) and the Imperial College Faculty of Engineering#City and Guilds College, City and Guilds College of London University. He then became an engineering pupil at Maudslay, Sons and Field, a firm that built Marine steam engine, marine steam engines. In 1893 he entered the GWR Drawing Office at Swindon Works, Swindon as a junior draughtsman. Four years later he was put in charge of the buildings section, and in 1898 became assistant to the Chief Draughtsman. In June 1900 he was appointed Technical Inspector, and soon after Assistant Manager, at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
