Talk:GEC Stephenson locomotive

locos

GEC number	operator number	operator	name	constructed	notes
5472	274	BSC Lackenby	Eskdaleside	1978	*
5466	269	BSC Lackenby	Longacres	1977	* http://www.flickr.com/photos/boulbymine/6658669087/ teeside 019 Gect industrial shunters NR 260 ROSEDALE,NR 269 LONGACRES AT LACKENBY
5461	264			1977	*Port Mulgrave also Hartlepool pipe mill
5432	263	BSC Lackenby	Lumpsey	1977	**2007
5478	279	BSC Lackenby former NCB Coventry		1979	Ex NCB (Coventry Colliery) BI92044 NCB Coventry , www.flickr.com *Doesn't mention NCB
5429	260	BSC Lackenby	Rosedale	1977	http://www.flickr.com/photos/boulbymine/6658669087/ teeside 019 Gect industrial shunters NR 260 ROSEDALE,NR 269 LONGACRES AT LACKENBY *also seen Shapfell quarries 2010
5421	(256?)	Littleton Colliery	Western Enterprise	1977	GEC Traction 5421 of 1977 6w Diesel Electric 'Western Enterprise' former Littleton Colliery http://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com 80.7.118.103 (talk) 10:06, 21 September 2015 (UTC) /littletoncollieryplace/e15d996a3 stripped for spares at BSC Lackenby (too light for operations) *scrap/spares 2009-11(~~?) also see http://www.digdeeper.org.uk/index/steamrail/littleton-railway.html * www.uklocos.com claims No.256 at some point
5415	252	BSC Lackenby	Boulby	1976	*
5473	275	BSC Lackenby	Raithwaite	1978	**2009
5475	277	BSC Lackenby	Waterfall	1978	*
5426	257	BSC Lackenby	North Skelton	1977	*
5427	258	BSC Lackenby	Grinkle	1977	* http://www.flickr.com/photos/welshman_1951/6368958931/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/welshman_1951/6368961097/ Corus 258 ...Lackenby reception sidings 14-05-2008
5430	261	BSC Lackenby	Staithes	1977	* http://www.flickr.com/photos/boulbymine/6658664231/ teeside 015 Gect shunters nr 261,265,260,269,258 at lackenby running shed.
5464	267	BSC Lackenby	Slapewath	1977	*
5462	265	BSC Lackenby	Roseberry	1977	*
5463	266	BSC Lackenby	Sherriffs	1977	*
5465	268	BSC Lackenby	Kirleathem	1977	*Lackenby Line Up , wwww.flickr.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/93173492@N00/4308727404/ Moving slab
5431	262	BSC Lackenby	Loftus	1977	http://www.flickr.com/photos/boulbymine/6658667049/in/photostream teeside 018 * Gect shunter 262[ loftus] at lackenby. *
5474	276	BSC Lackenby	Spawood	1978	http://www.flickr.com/photos/eagle50043/5768723023/ Corus 0-6-0 shunter 276 at Lackenby *
5469	271	BSC Lackenby	Glaisdale	1978	http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardajones/6370613541/ 271 Lackenby, 19/05/08 http://www.flickr.com/photos/welshman_1951/6368955799/ Corus 271 ...Lackenby reception sidingsn 14-05-2008 *
5467	270	BSC Lackenby	Chaloner	1977	* http://www.flickr.com/photos/boulbymine/6658665771/in/photostream teeside 017 Gect shunters NR 279,270,273
5414	251	BSC Lackenby	Walter Urwin	1976	*
5412	DE4	Llanwern steelworks			***
5413	DE5	Llanwern steelworks			***
5418	255	BSC Lackenby	Liverton	1976	*
5470	272	Hardendale Limestone Quarry	Grosmont	1978	* Wheels of Industry. Hardendale Quarry, Cumbria. *
5468	278	Hardendale Limestone Quarry (?) Former Littleton Quarry	Western Progress	1977	Former NCB (?) 63.000.443 from Littleton colliery http://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/littletoncollieryplace/e130537f5 (80.7.118.103 (talk) 10:06, 21 September 2015 (UTC)) - after closure sold to British Steel - and numbered 278 for work at Hardendale Quarry (Corus), Cumbria http://www.flickr.com/photos/36034969@N08/5178007995/ "6wDH (GECT 5468) at Otherton." *Doesn't mention NCB - at Shapfell in 2010 also see GEC Traction 5421 of 1977 6w Diesel Electric 'Western Enterprise' former Littleton Colliery stripped for spares at BSC Lackenby (too light for operations)
5471	273	BSC Lackenby	Kilton	1978	Source Lackenby Line Up , wwww.flickr.com *
5416	253	BSC Lackenby	Eston	1976	http://www.flickr.com/photos/jncarter1962/3695198460/ 06-19 Corus 253 'Eston' Corus Redcar *
5578		ICI	Ludwig Mond	1980	Now at 'rocks by rail' "rocks by rail" is the "Living Ironstone Museum Cottesmore" formerly known (pre 2012) as the "Rutland Railway Museum" www.rutlandrailwaymuseum.org.uk (see below)
5425	256	BSC Lackenby		1977	http://www.flickr.com/photos/69947186@N08/6400583889/ BI92399 Teesside torpedo - *later (2010) Hartlepool 42" pipe mill
5411	DE3	Port Talbot		1976	*former Llanwern *****http://www.flickr.com/photos/37354053@N02/5442034998/ Corus Shunt loco at Llanwern - 31st May 2005
5409	DE1	Llanwern		1976	Source Industrial Locomotives - Handbook 13EL, Industrial Railway Society, 2003, South-East Wales, p.307, ISBN 0 901556 27 1 {{citation}}: Check |isbn= value: checksum (help) - also confirm DE1 to DE5 at Llanwern 2003
5410	DE2	Llanwern		1976	source as per DE1
5480			Western Queen	1979	**ex NCB - scrapped by 2006
5428	259	BSC Lackenby	Carlin How	1977	**2005

Here's a temporary table of the locos - so I don't have to type it in again - it is incomplete and so not suitable yet - there are mutliple sources - will only use when and if get reliable sourcing (verify the info)

The BSC Lackenby (Redcar) locos are named after places in N. Yorkshire, and according to one source after (iron) mines in N. Yorkshire - I think this is true but need to verify. It also seems that the BSC locos were 25t axleload ie 75t - heavier than some others - need to find out if they were ballasted for the torpedos..

Those market * are confirmed by searching "6wDE" in http://www.uklocos.com/first-search.asp with exisiting stock, ** same search for scrapped stock

For llanwern *** see also see http://www.flickr.com/photos/martin289/sets/72157617652342393/detail/ for Llanwern shunter images. and http://www.railphotoarchive.org/search_engine_1.php?_Galleries=section=100%20OR%20section=104 (search for builder "GEC Traction Ltd" and location "LLANWERN" ) - LLanwern locos

photo showing "Stephenson" nameplate (tiny!) on the front of the loco

There was a link here to an old advert for the locos http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/28782-locomotive-rolling-stock-manufacturers/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mddkpp (talk • contribs) 03:09, 18 January 2012 (UTC)

The question is where is GEC 5417 - ie Corus number 254 - what was its name and did it ever exist??

There is a unit preserved at "rutland railway museum" http://www.rutlandrailwaymuseum.org.uk/news.php - because the museum is rebranding as "rocks by rail" with a new website it is not inconceivable the the old site will go down - in the shot term I will put the relevant text here : (NOTE THIS REMAINS COPYRIGHT OF RUTLAND RAILWAY MUSEUM) - in this form it may not be used in the article

The Museum received a "new" locomotive on Tuesday 17th August 2010. GEC “Stephenson” 0–6-0 Diesel Electric locomotive, Works No. 5578, built in 1980 is believed the last standard gauge locomotive built at the world famous Vulcan Foundry at Newton the Willows.

Sold to ICI at their Mond division works for moving the 100 ton limestone hoppers it was originally named “Ludwig Mond” after the famous chemist and founder of ICI.

Powered by a Dorman 8QT, V8 diesel engine of 500 hp, weight 50 tons in working order at a 16.5 ton axle loading, this class of locomotives were main line locomotives in miniature. There were two models produced, 50 and 75 tons, with either 8 (500hp) or 12 (750hp) cylinder engines. They were an expensive machine and sold to British Steel (75 ton model) National Coal Board (both weights) and this example to ICI.

A similar diesel hydraulic model was the mainstay of shunting within the Corby steel works.

When the ICI hopper work ended, the loco passed through a dealers hands and was eventually sold to Barrington Cement works for its main line work into the exchange sidings. It has therefore spent its entire working life in the quarrying industry and fits the museums aims, albeit in a slightly wider context!(COPYRIGHT Rutland Railway Museum)

The table isn't complete and so not suitable for inclusion - it needs working on anyway - I'm not sure if it too trivial anyway. Not sure why I spent so much time making it! Helps to get an overview anyway. If anyone knows of further locos please leave a message..Mddkpp (talk) 01

28, 16 January 2012 (UTC)