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Conversion tryouts
[edit]1 imp gal (4.5 L; 1.0 US dry gal)
GWR people with ODBN entries
[edit]- Armstrong, Joseph (1816–1877), locomotive engineer. Birse, Ronald M. (2004). "Armstrong, Joseph (1816–1877), locomotive engineer". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/57378.
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- John Bromley (politician) (1876–1945), trade unionist (see page)
- Isambard Kingdom Brunel – ODNB not on page Buchanan, R. Angus (January 2011). "Brunel, Isambard Kingdom (1806–1859), civil engineer". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/3773.
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- Frederick Campbell, 3rd Earl Cawdor (GWR chairman 1895–1905) – ODNB not on page Williams, Rhodri (May 2006) [2004]. "Campbell, Frederick Archibald Vaughan, third Earl Cawdor (1847–1911), politician and railway administrator". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/32262.
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- George Thomas Clark – see page
- Clarke, George Thomas Smith- (1884–1960), automobile and medical engineer – no page "Clarke, George Thomas Smith-". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/70869.
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- Thomas Russell Crampton – add ODNB Hughes, Geoffrey (2004). "Crampton, Thomas Russell (1816–1888), railway and civil engineer". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/6597.
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- William Welch Deloitte Jones, Edgar (January 2008) [2004]. "Deloitte, William Welch (1818–1898), accountant". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/46869.
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- John Ellis (businessman) – competitor and opposer of broad gauge Christy, Miller; Griffin, Alan R. (September 2012) [2004]. "Ellis, John (1789–1862), railway promoter and politician". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/8705.
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- George Findlay – general manager of the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway Carlyle, E. I.; Harrington, Ralph (January 2010) [2004]. "9453". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/nnnnn.
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- James Staats Forbes – see page
- Hugh Ford (engineer) Smith, Roderick A. (January 2014). "Ford, Sir Hugh (1913–2010), mechanical engineer". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/102724.
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- Daniel Gooch Channon, Geoffrey (September 2013) [2004]. "Gooch, Sir Daniel, first baronet (1816–1889), railway engineer and executive". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/10939.
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- (Nigel Gresley) Carpenter, George W. (2004). "Gresley, Sir (Herbert) Nigel (1876–1941), railway engineer". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/37489.
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- Julian Hodge Edwards, John Richard (January 2009) [January 2008]. "Hodge, Sir Julian Stephen Alfred (1904–2004), merchant banker, businessman, and philanthropist". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/94041.
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- Samuel Holland (politician) – blaenau ffestiniog Lindsay, Jean (2004). "Holland, Samuel (1803–1892), slate industrialist and railway promoter". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/46536.
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- James Mackay, 1st Earl of Inchcape – director
- Frank Parkinson Newbould – artist
- George Richardson Porter – (non-GWR – statistician)
- Emma Saunders – non-GWR philanthropist. The railwaymen's friend – picture of plaque on geograph. See also brighton railway mission and Elizabeth Gates.
- Charles Ernest Paolo della Diana Spagnoletti – signals & telegraph
- William Stanier – see page
- James Henry Thomas – trade unionist
- Samuel Hansard Yockney – civil engineer ICE Obituary
Other
[edit]Created 1894
89 mm 3 gauge
Abolished 1974
Created by Local Government Act 1894, superseded the local sanitory district.
Absorbed into the Torfaen County Borough Council and Monmouth County Council. Both created by the 1974 local government act.
Included the civil parishes of Goetre Fawr, Gwehelog Fawr, Llanbadoc Fawr, Llanfrechfa Lower, Llangybi Fawr, Llanhenwg Fawr and Llantrisant Fawr.
Replacement programme
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1929 – scrapping of old locos underway (lF E4).
5700(C) and 9400 (H) – large – E6 54XX(64xx AND 74XX) (C) and 16xx (H) – smaller E6
15XX (H) – slightly odd and aside from other groups E6
also 1366 (C) (equivalent 1361) (Holcroft) E6 light/short also 97XX (C) replacing 633 (Armstrong)
NB 0-6-2T (LF) and 5600T (Chack 87)
Also 2-6-2T Churchward – virtually unchanged
Also 0-6-0s Chack 95 => 2251 (common features with 5700) Chack 97
Also 4800 0-4-2T (replacing Armstrong 517)
Livery notes – need refs
route classification – position change and colour change.
The first 5700s built were painted in the standard GWR livery of the time: mainly green above the running plate with the words "GREAT WESTERN" painted in yellow letters with red and black shadowing on the pannier tanks, buffer beams painted red with the number shown in yellow letters with black shadowing, and the front of the smokebox and chimney were black.[1] From 1934 the GWR "shirtbutton" roundel replaced "GREAT WESTERN".[2] From 1942 GWR replaced the roundel with the letters "G W R", in yellow letters with red and black shading.[3] Due to wartime shortages most locomotives were painted black from 1942 to 1945.[4]
After nationalisation, some 5700s were painted in BR green with the words "BRITISH RAILWAYS" on the side,[5] but unlined black soon became the standard for tank locomotives, with the BR crest on the sides of the tanks. Some 5700s also had white and red lining on the pannier tanks and cab sides. The BR crest was changed in 1957.[6]
The 5700s bought by London Transport between 1956 and 1963 were repainted in the standard LT maroon livery with yellow and black lining.[7] Those bought by NCB were painted in a light green.[8]
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1929–34 GWR livery
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1934–42 GWR livery
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1942–45 Wartime black
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1942–47 GWR livery
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BR black livery
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BR lined livery
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LT livery
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NCB livery
- Dare, Kevin (2011). "3650's History". 3650. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- Elliott, Russ (2012a). "GWR 1906–1934 Loco Livery". GWR Modelling. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- Elliott, Russ (2012b). "GWR 1934–1942 Loco Livery". GWR Modelling. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- Elliott, Russ (2012c). "GWR 1906–1934 Loco Livery". GWR Modelling. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- Elliott, Russ (2012d). "BR(W) Steam Loco Livery 1948–64". GWR Modelling. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ Elliott 2012a. sfn error: multiple targets (2×): CITEREFElliott2012a (help)
- ^ Elliott 2012b. sfn error: multiple targets (2×): CITEREFElliott2012b (help)
- ^ Elliott 2012c. sfn error: multiple targets (2×): CITEREFElliott2012c (help)
- ^ Bryan 1995, p. 147.
- ^ Dare 2011. sfn error: multiple targets (2×): CITEREFDare2011 (help)
- ^ Elliott 2012d. sfn error: multiple targets (2×): CITEREFElliott2012d (help)
- ^ Jones 2014, p. 86.
- ^ Jones 2014, p. 169.
Appraisal
[edit]Put this below accidents?
production
dynamic
banking
problems
5600 LF E76
Put Collett's replacement programme here?
Was British Rail Class 08 the replacement on WR? Add to See also section?
Also British Rail Class 14 – local freight (Cardiff)
Later related designs
[edit]- 5400 1930ish smaller, autoworking
- 6400 1932 smaller, autoworking
- 7400 1936 as 7400 no autoworking
- 1366?
- 2251 Collett goods
- 1600 small Hawksworth
- 9400 large Hawksworth (boiler from 2251)
- End here
Odd comment from Nock about 2021 and wheelbase.
same wheelbase as Dean's goods 2301 – completely modernised – Nock
someone – new design – improved valve settings, new motion
oddly – no prototyping
also – somewhere – need a section on the scrap and replace program
Numbers built – detailed
[edit]Year | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 |
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Numbers Wh[1] | 101 | 145 | 54 | 0 | 31 | 49 | 40 | 45 | 50 | 37 | 53 | 32 | 18 | 37 | 26 | 22 | 43 | 29 | 10 | 17 | 14 | 10 |
Swindon LF | 35 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 49 | 40 | 45 | 50 | 37 | 53 | 32 | 18 | 37 | 26 | 22 | 43 | 29 | 10 | 17 | 14 | 10 |
Contractors LF | 62 | 123 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total LF | 97 | 138 | 65 | 0 | 31 | 49 | 40 | 45 | 50 | 37 | 53 | 32 | 18 | 37 | 26 | 22 | 43 | 29 | 10 | 17 | 14 | 10 |
Swindon BRS | 35 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 49 | 40 | 45 | 50 | 37 | 53 | 32 | 18 | 37 | 26 | 22 | 43 | 29 | 10 | 17 | 14 | 10 |
Contractors BRS | 62 | 128 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total BRS* | 97 | 143 | 60 | 0 | 31 | 49 | 40 | 45 | 50 | 37 | 53 | 32 | 18 | 37 | 26 | 22 | 43 | 29 | 10 | 17 | 14 | 10 |
Swindon All BRS | 120 | 99 | 90 | 79 | 103 | 106 | 138 | 156 | 150 | 125 | 157 | 97 | 48 | 82 | 37 | 44 | 63 | 69 | 58 | 63 | 76 | 74 |
% Swindon | 29% | 15% | 0% | 0% | 30% | 46% | 29% | 29% | 33% | 30% | 34% | 33% | 37% | 45% | 70% | 50% | 69% | 42% | 17% | 27% | 18% | 14% |
All Big Four | 412 | 305 | 345 | 268 | 215 | 298 | 355 | 331 | 369 | 287 | 276 | 146 | 139 | 223 | 158 | 253 | 261 | 244 | 286 | 299 | 231 | 284 |
% Big Four | 8% | 5% | 0% | 0% | 14% | 16% | 11% | 14% | 14% | 13% | 19% | 22% | 13% | 17% | 16% | 9% | 16% | 12% | 3% | 6% | 6% | 4% |
Contractors UK | 107 | 157 | 86 | 5 | 0 | 97 | 209 | 232 | 196 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 105 | 96 | 89 | 101 |
All UK | 519 | 462 | 431 | 273 | 215 | 395 | 564 | 563 | 565 | 287 | 276 | 146 | 139 | 273 | 158 | 253 | 261 | 317 | 391 | 395 | 320 | 385 |
%UK | 19% | 31% | 14% | 0% | 14% | 12% | 7% | 8% | 9% | 13% | 19% | 22% | 13% | 14% | 16% | 9% | 16% | 9% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 3% |
1947 – 10 9700s built at Swindon
1949–50 – first two years of building of 9700s by contractors
bits
[edit]- improved cab designs, eventually becoming fully enclosed E10
- superheating
- autogear (1905)
- Vacuum brakes?
- Higher boiler pressures?
- Train heating?
- ATC? Collett's directive? No. 1044 (E17), see E24 vague on dates,
Variety of weight and power classification?
Jones 21 5700s – first 0-6-0T built by contractors to GWR design?
5700s – first 0-6-0T with ATC?
5700s – most powerful? maybe, but tractive effort is theoretical 5700s go (almost) everywhere, do (almost) everything
More on modernisation – in lead and own section
Preservation notes
[edit]- banking (but nb Folkestone Harbour)
- royal train
- impersonating Duck
- Peak Rail – 9600 vintage railways
Steam Locos in Profile – The GWR 5700 Pannier Tanks – a 15 minute Youtube documentary
Testing
[edit]A reference to chariots.[2]
A test Whitehurst ref[3]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Whitehurst 1973, pp. 32–34, 41–42, 51–52, 59–60, 67–68, 71–72, 74–76.
- ^ Brooks, Grimwood & Swenson 2009, p. 999, Priming the Pipeline.
- ^ Whitehurst 1973, p. 32, Priming the Pipeline.
Testing No. 2
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Notes No.2
[edit]- ^ Gibson, John (1984). Great Western Railway Locomotive Design – a Critical Appreciation (1 ed.). Newton Abbott, UK: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-8606-9. OCLC 12666432.
- ^ "5750 Livery 'comeback' for The Railway Children Pannier". Heritage Railway. No. 190. Horncastle, Lincs, UK: Mortons Media. 5 June 2014.
- ^ "3650". Didcot Railway Centre – Home of the Great Western Society. 19 May 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
- ^ "3738". Didcot Railway Centre – Home of the Great Western Society. 10 August 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
- ^ "9629's History". The Pontypool & Blaenavon Locomotive Group. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
- ^ "4612 – Steam Locomotive". Bodmin and Wenford Railway. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
- ^ "5700 Pannier Tank". Dapol Model Railway Company. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
- ^ "9681 – Pannier Tank Engine". Dean Forest Railway. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
- ^ Atkins, Philip (1999). The Golden Age of Steam Locomotive Building (1 ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers and the National Railway Museum. ISBN 0-906899-87-7. OCLC 468585665.
- ^ Bryan, Tim (1995). The Great Western at War 1939–1945 (1 ed.). Yeovil, Somerset, UK: Patrick Stephens. ISBN 1-85260-479-4. OCLC 60238810.
- ^ Casserley, H. C. (1979). The last years of Metropolitan Steam (1 ed.). Truro, UK: D. Bradford Barton. ISBN 0-85153-327-2. OCLC 810550677.
- ^ "7754". Llangollen Railway Enthusiast and Archive Website 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
- ^ Chacksfield, John (2002). C.B Collett A Competent Successor (1 ed.). Usk, UK: The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-586-1. OCLC 51740457.
- ^ Earnshaw, Alan (1993). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 8. Penryn: Atlantic Books. ISBN 0-906899-52-4.
- ^ Dare, Kevin (2011). "3650's History". 3650. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ Elliott, Russ (2012a). "GWR 1906–1934 Loco Livery". GWR Modelling. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ Elliott, Russ (2012b). "GWR 1934–1942 Loco Livery". GWR Modelling. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ Elliott, Russ (2012c). "GWR 1906–1934 Loco Livery". GWR Modelling. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ Elliott, Russ (2012d). "BR(W) Steam Loco Livery 1948–64". GWR Modelling. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ "Exceptional Naval and Polar Awards". DNW. December 2007. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
- ^ Faulkner, John. "Class 57XX". Hornby Railways Collector Guide. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
- ^ Ferris, Tom (1995). Severn Valley Locomotives as they were. Leicester, England: Midland Publishing. ISBN 1-85780-030-3. OCLC 33405136.
- ^ "GWR 0-6-0PT 5786 (L.92)". South Devon Railway. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
- ^ "GWR 57XX Class 0-6-0PT No. 7715 (L.99)". Buckinghamshire Railway Centre. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
- ^ "GWR Pannier 7752 (LT No. L94)". Vintage Trains. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
- ^ "GWR Pannier 9600". Vintage Trains. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
- ^ "GWR Pannier 7760". Vintage Trains. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
- ^ "GWR Hall 4900 Class, Pitchford Hall No. 4953". Epping Ongar Railway. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- ^ "GWR 5700/8750 Pannier tank O Gauge Model Loco kit". Just Like The Real Thing. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
- ^ Harris, Michael. Locomotives Illustrated no. 39 GWR pannier tanks post 1923.
- ^ Heavyside, Tom (1996). Keighley & Worth Valley Locomotives as they were. Leicester, UK: Midland Publishing. ISBN 1-85780-050-8.
- ^ Herring, Peter (2000). Classic British Steam Locomotives (1 ed.). Leicester, UK: Abbeydale Press. ISBN 1-86147-057-6. OCLC 44485041.
- ^ Holcroft, Harold (1957). An Outline of Great Western Locomotive Practice 1837–1947 (1 ed.). London: Locomotive Publishing Company. OCLC 13299691.
- ^ Jones, Robin (2014). Great Western Railway Pannier Tanks (1 ed.). Marlborough, UK: The Crowood Press. ISBN 978-1-84797-653-6. OCLC 859298680.
- ^ le Fleming, H.M. (April 1958). Part 5: Six-coupled Tank Engines. The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway. Oxford: RCTS. ISBN 0-901115-35-5. OCLC 500544510.
- ^ "No. 35053". The London Gazette (invalid
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(help)). 11 February 1941. - ^ "Meet the Locomotives – Non-operational steam locomotives in storage or in course of restoration". Severn Valley Railway. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
- ^ Nock, O.S. (1972). The Great Western Railway in the 20th Century (2 ed.). London: Ian Allan. ISBN 978-0-7110-0227-2. OCLC 251662074.
- ^ Officer, Lawrence H.; Williamson, Samuel H. (2012). "Explaining the Measures of Worth". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
- ^ Officer, Lawrence H.; Williamson, Samuel H. (2014). "Five Ways to Compute the Relative Value of a UK Pound Amount, 1270 to Present". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
- ^ "The Pontypool & Blaenavon Locomotive Group – 9629's History". 31 August 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
- ^ Russell, J. H. (1975). A pictorial Record of Great Western Engines.
- ^ Semmens, Peter (1985). History of the Great Western Railway 1. Consolidation, 1923–29. London: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-0-04-385104-3. OCLC 59803211.
- ^ "Vintage Trains – About Us – The Trust". 2 July 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
- ^ Whalley, Tom (2013a). "Graham Farish by Bachmann Past and Present Models Rev. 11" (PDF). World of Model Railways. Bachmann Europe plc. GFPTW2013. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
- ^ Whalley, Tom (2013b). "Bachmann Branchline Past and Present Models Rev. 5" (PDF). World of Model Railways. Bachmann Europe plc. BLPTW2013. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
- ^ "What's on at NRM Shildon – The Railway Children". National Railway Museum. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
- ^ Whitehurst, Brian (1973). Great Western Engines, Names, Numbers, Types and Classes (1940 to Preservation). Oxford, UK: Oxford Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-9028-8821-0. OCLC 815661.
Sources
[edit]Parking a useful ref here...
- Stewart-David, David (2 July 2014). "The role of railways in the First World War". The Railway Magazine. 160 (1, 360). Horncastle, Lincs, UK: Mortons Media. ISSN 0033-8923.
- Brooks, Courtney; Grimwood, James M.; Swenson, Loyd S. (2009) [Orig. pub. 1979, NASA, Washington, D.C.]. Chariots for Apollo: The NASA History of Manned Lunar Spacecraft to 1969. Mineola, New York: Dover Publications. ISBN 978-0-486-46756-6. OCLC 227923959. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
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- Whitehurst, Brian (1973). Great Western Engines, Names, Numbers, Types and Classes (1940 to Preservation). Oxford, UK: Oxford Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-9028-8821-0. OCLC 815661.
Problematic edits
[edit]Summary of edits (by article) of Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of 86.173.93.252 are shown in the second table below. About 110 different articles were affected, although many edits were reverted quite promptly (regular spotters have included Andy Dingley, Redrose64, and HJ Mitchell). Most edits have been on British railway articles (including fictional railways), with some related articles, and a few excursions into history, the world of "Top Gear", and cycling...
The first table shows known data on the different IP addresses, with dates of edits and some notes (and, very occasionally, example edit summaries). Looking at the revision histories of some of the different articles, IP addresses, types of edits etc, I think there are a further five IP addresses following a similar pattern, affecting a further ~40 articles.
Edit characteristics
[edit]- Never supported by references
- Usually edits to numbers (often loco numbers), dates etc (very rarely edits running text)
- Section blanking, and removing whole paragraphs, or rows of tables (for example to remove a locomotive)
- Often repeated after reversion a week or two later
- Some re-ordering of sections
- Usually at the weekend (with occasional exceptions, including one static address used mid-week on a number of occasions)
- Usually late afternoon and evening (15.00 – 22.00) but with occasional forays into morning and early evening
- Some useful wikilinking, but sometimes overdone
Our mystery editor
[edit]At first I thought they were just an irritating vandal (and seemed chauvinistic, removing locos that are not in the UK etc), but I now think they are all good faith edits, but that the editor has some rubbish sources, and also does not appreciate how to put them into context (for example, a book might say there is only one preserved ROD 2-8-0 in the UK, and so the editor removes mention of other preserved RODs. Or even a book called "Preserved Locos in the UK" might say that there is only one preserved ROD 2-8-0, with the source ignoring the rest of the world). Some of the edits on small heritage railways (Mangapps and Colne Valley) seem ok (but they are hard to check).
You have to admire their persistence (coming back week after week), and I think they are genuinely trying to improve things. It's a shame they don't engage on talk pages – the only connection has been to remove a warning notice once on an address talk page (at least they seem to look at them...), with some edit comments showing a lot of frustration. They usually spend 30 – 60 mins on a session, and often have more than one session over the weekend.
IP address details
[edit]Most addresses are dynamic, so presumably get dropped when a machine is re-booted or a router is reset. They all seem to be handled by the same BT host which looks like it covers the East Anglia area (I guess that whenever you check one of these address the location will already have changed since the original edits were made). However, three are static (Ely, Bury, and Huntingdon – all very near to each other), and the other fixed address is in Morecambe (but edits from this address have been made during the week). I'm guessing the guest editor is often working away from home during the week. They do appear to have come back most weekends since the end of August right up to 1st Jan 2015. It is possible that the number of different dynamic IP addresses is not a deliberate ploy – someone who is working away from home during the week might turn off everything (including a router) and switch everything back on when returning home on a Friday.
Add column "number of edits"? Also mark an IP address if all edits reverted/checked?
IP address | Type | Location | Dates | Notes |
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31.54.33.11 | static (BT) | Bury, Cambs | 14 Sep 2014 (Sunday) 19 Sep 2014 (Friday) 20 Sep 2014 (Saturday) 26 Sep 2014 (Friday) |
11 articles. Not on sock puppet list. |
31.54.161.88 | static (BT) | Huntingdon, Cambs | 14 Dec 2014 (Sunday) 20 Dec 2014 (Saturday) 21 Dec 2014 (Sunday) |
14 articles. "i am just correcting the information", etc |
31.54.67.179 | static (BT) | Ely, Cambs | 02 Nov 2014 (Sunday) | 9 articles. |
86.146.115.129 | dynamic (BT) | Ipswich, Suffolk | 06 Sep 2014 (Saturday) 07 Sep 2014 (Sunday) |
14 articles. Not on sock puppet list. Some section blanking, no comments, some familiar pages, others new (but still railway related). |
86.149.189.107 | dynamic (BT) | Harleston, Norfolk | 07 Nov 2014 (Friday) 14 Nov 2014 (Friday) 15 Nov 2014 (Sunday) |
"i have irased some fake information", etc |
86.136.209.116 | dynamic (BT) | King's Lynn, Norfolk | 11 Nov 2014 (Tuesday) | - |
86.149.185.2 | dynamic (BT) | Somersham, Cambs | 28 Sep 2014 (Sunday) | - |
86.151.21.246 | dynamic (BT) | Harleston, Norfolk | 31 Aug 2014 (Saturday) 02 Sep 2014 (Tuesday) |
Not on sock puppet list. A gentle start, but some topics followed later... |
86.152.49.46 | dynamic (BT) | Bury, Cambs | 20 Oct 2014 (Monday) | - |
86.157.165.146 | dynamic (BT) | Cambridge, Cambs | 25 Oct 2014 (Saturday) 26 Oct 2014 (Sunday) |
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86.157.166.41 | dynamic (BT) | Bury St Edmunds, Norfolk | 28 Nov 2014 (Friday) 29 Nov 2014 (Saturday) 06 Dec 2014 (Saturday) 07 Dec 2014 (Sunday) |
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86.167.86.77 | dynamic (BT) | Aylsham, Norfolk | 12 Oct 2014 (Sunday) | 6 articles. Not on sock puppet list. |
86.167.160.35 | dynamic (BT) | Grimbsy, NE Lincolnshire | 23 Nov 2014 (Sunday) | "just accsept what i have changed", etc |
86.167.86.144 | dynamic (BT) | Bury, Cambs | 10 Oct 2014 (Friday) 11 Oct 2014 (Saturday) |
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86.169.192.37 | dynamic (BT) | Peterborough | 04 Nov 2014 (Tuesday) | - |
86.171.49.165 | dynamic (BT) | Boston, Lincolnshire | 10 Dec 2014 (Wednesday) | - |
86.173.93.252 | dynamic (BT) | Sutton, Cambridgeshire | 18 Oct 2014 (Saturday) 19 Oct 2014 (Sunday) 24 Oct 2014 (Monday) |
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94.185.135.206 | static (MDNX) | Morecambe, Lancashire | 08 Sep 2014 (Monday) 19 Sep 2014 (Friday) 02 Oct 2014 (Thursday) 16 Oct 2014 (Thursday 10 Nov 2014 (Monday) 18 Nov 2014 (Tuesday) 16 Dec 2014 (Tuesday) |
Not on sock puppet list. Some familiar topics, section blanking, smaller deletions. Has had some warnings from Andy, and then moved on to other railway articles and also cycling... |
109.149.175.68 | dynamic (BT) | Peterborough | 19 Dec 2014 (Friday) 23 Dec 2014 (Tuesday) |
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109.153.177.97 | dynamic (BT) | King's Lynn, Norfolk | 1 Jan 2015 (Thursday) | "accsept it" |
109.157.103.183 | dynamic (BT) | Linton, Cambridgeshire | 21 Nov 2014 (Friday) 22 Nov 2014 (Saturday) |
"im just correcting information please dont erase the change i have made", etc |
Another one to check 81.157.20.92 (BT, dynamic, East Anglia, usual targets) 28 August 2014 (Monday)
Also 86.137.222.99 – 1 edit only (BT, dynamic, East Anglia, usual targets) 27 September 2014 (Saturday)
Also 86.143.46.87 (blocked) – numerous edits (BT, dynamic, East Anglia, usual targets including some not on list) 3 October 2014 (Friday), 28 December 2014 (Saturday), 31 December 2014 (Wednesday)
Also 86.139.192.152 – numerous edits (BT, dynamic, East Anglia, usual targets including some not on list) 4 October 2014 (Saturday)
Also 86.181.124.179 – numerous edits (BT, dynamic, East Anglia, usual targets including some not on list) 27, 29, 31 October 2014 (Monday Wednesday Friday) – James May and Class 33 already marked
Also 86.152.50.226 – a number of edits – 14 October 2014 (Tuesday)
Much earlier (July) and seemingly ok 86.169.42.185
Affected articles
[edit]~50/~150 have a colour status (early Thursday 8 Jan)
- If all are reverted I've mark the article "(clear)"
- If some edits are current (that is, still in the article) then:
- (green) if checked and seems to be ok
- (orange) – not yet checked – some of these on well watched pages may well be ok, I just can't tell – also on some frequently edited pages the original edits may have disappeared in later (non-revert) edits
- (red) – error that needs fixing
- 100 Greatest Britons – 86.157.165.146 – Non-SPL AAA 94.185.135.206 – all reverted (clear)
- 1939 New York World's Fair – 86.149.189.107 – reverted (clear)
- Air France Flight 4590 – 86.149.185.2 – reverted (clear)
- Armstrong Whitworth – 86.173.93.252 – Checked ok (green) – but Redrose64 to check? Its a Class 5 to Black 5 edit...
- Arthur Humbles (cyclist) – AAA 94.185.135.206 – 1 edit (orange)
- Avonside Engine Company – 86.152.49.46 – Looks to be correct, but could do with copy edit (green)
- British Rail
- 86.151.21.246 - 86.146.115.129 (rvtd)
- British Rail Class 03 - 86.146.115.129 (curr – info seems to be right – but only infobox updated – rest of article needs attention)
- British Rail Class 04 – (Non-SPL AAA 94.185.135.206), and maybe (a new one) – 86.139.193.71 (5th October, 1edit here and three on Class 33, similar dynamic IP address, and some similarities in edits). All edits current.
- British Rail Class 11 – 86.152.49.46 – current but ok (wikilink) (green)
- British Rail Class 14 – Non-SPL AAA 94.185.135.206 – reverted (clear)
- British Rail Class 20 – 86.143.46.87 (reverted) 109.149.175.68 (current) – (orange)
- British Rail Class 33 – 86.181.124.179 (current) 86.152.49.46 (current) (maybe 86.139.193.71 see also Class 04) – (orange)
- British Rail Class 37 – Non-SPL AAA 94.185.135.206 – 1 edit current (orange)
- British Rail Class 42 – 86.152.49.46 (reverted) 86.167.86.144 current (orange)
- British Rail Class 56 – 31.54.33.11 – current (orange)
- British Rail Class 81 – 86.157.166.41 – reverted (clear)
- British Rail Class 85 – 31.54.33.11 – current (orange)
- British Rail Class 86 – 86.149.189.107 (3 edits reverted), Non-SPL AAA 94.185.135.206 2 edits current (orange)
- British Rail Class 89 – Non-SPL 94.185.135.206 – reverted (clear)
- British Rail Class 92 – Non-SPL 31.54.33.11 Non-SPL AAA 94.185.135.206 – all reverted (clear)
- British Rail Class 141 – 86.167.86.77 (rvtd) – (Double-check other Non-SPL AAA 94.185.135.206)
- British Rail Class EE1 – 86.149.189.107 – reverted (clear)
- Brush Traction – Non-SPL AAA 94.185.135.206 – reverted (clear)
- Canadian Railway Museum – 109.149.175.68 (curr), 31.54.67.179 (curr) – all edits current, over-emphasis of two British exhibits? (orange)
* Castle Hedingham – 86.151.21.246 – current, ok wikilink (green)
- Chiltern Railways – 109.153.177.97 – current (orange)
- Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway – 86.143.46.87 109.153.177.97 – all reverted (clear)
- Coaches of the London and North Eastern Railway – 109.149.175.68 – 1 edit current (orange)
- Colne Valley Railway – 86.167.86.144 (8 edits) 86.167.86.77 (rvtd) (86.129.255.108 N=SPL? new, 1 edit only – and also 86.139.192.152 – not yet in table), and there is also an interesting trail of edits on this article before the end of August... - most edits current (orange)
- Cycling records – Non-SPL AAA 94.185.135.206 – 2 edits current (orange)
- Didcot Railway Centre – 109.153.177.97 86.152.50.226 – all reverted (but maybe 86.152.50.226, not yet in table) (orange)
- Elizabethan Express – 109.157.103.183 – current edit (orange)
- Fireman Sam – 86.152.49.46 2 sets of edits in November and December – Date changes – not checked. Also 86.152.49.46 and 31.54.33.11 (current) – losing the will to live at checking all of these (orange)
- Fictional locations in The Railway Series – 109.153.177.97 – reverted (clear)
- Floyd Zrt. (Hungarian rail company that owns some ex-BR locos) – 31.54.33.11 Non-SPL AAA 94.185.135.206 – 2 edits current (orange)
- GCR Class 8K – 86.149.189.107 86.173.93.252(fuschia) – all reverted (clear)
- GNR Stirling 4-2-2 – 109.153.177.97 – current (orange)
- Grantham – 86.157.166.41 – reverted (clear)
- GWR 2251 Class – 86.157.166.41 – reverted (clear)
- GWR 3700 Class 3440 City of Truro – 109.157.103.183 – reverted (clear)
- GWR 4575 Class – 109.149.175.68 – reverted (clear)
- GWR 5700 Class – 109.153.177.97 86.143.46.87 109.149.175.68 – reverted/ok with further edit – (green)
- Hawthorn Leslie and Company – 86.152.49.46 (added loco – not checked yet)
- Hornby Railways – Non-SPL AAA 94.185.135.206 – 3 edits (orange)
- James May – 86.181.124.179 (not on list yet) 86.157.165.146 – both current (orange)
- Jeremy Hosking – 86.157.165.146 109.157.103.183 86.181.124.179 – all current (orange)
- Kylchap – 109.157.103.183 – reverted (clear)
- Ladbroke Grove rail crash
- 86.151.21.246 - 86.146.115.129 (rvtd)
- Land speed record for rail vehicles – 86.136.209.116, 86.169.192.37, 31.54.161.88 (rvtd), - (Double-check other Non-SPL AAA 94.185.135.206)
- LB&SCR A1 class – 86.149.189.107 – reverted (clear)
- Limpley Stoke railway station - 86.146.115.129 (curr – ok wl)
- List of British heritage and private railways – 86.151.21.246 – Non SPL – needs checking 31.54.33.11(current) 86.167.86.77 (curr)
- List of British Rail diesel multiple unit classes – 86.167.86.77 (curr) Non-SPL and 81.157.20.92 (not yet on list) – current (orange)
- List of British Rail modern traction locomotive classes
- 86.149.189.107, 86.152.49.46, 86.157.166.41 All reverted - 86.146.115.129 (curr – clumsy) - 86.167.86.77 - (Double-check other Non-SPL AAA 94.185.135.206)
- List of countries that have gained independence from the United Kingdom – Non-SPL AAA 94.185.135.206 – current edit (red)
- List of British Railways steam locomotives as of 31 December 1967 – 86.157.166.41
- List of fictional railway stations
- 86.146.115.129 (rvtd)
- List of films set in the future – 31.54.161.88 (curr ok)
- List of Fireman Sam episodes – 86.152.49.46 Date changes 31.54.33.11 (current) – (orange)
- List of GWR 4073 Class locomotives 31.54.67.179 (curr – streamlining – could do with edit and ref), * List of Horrid Henry characters – 109.157.103.183
- List of LB&SCR A1 class locomotives
- 86.149.189.107
- 31.54.161.88 (rvtd)
- 109.157.103.183
- 31.54.161.88, - 31.54.67.179 (curr – look),
- 31.54.67.179 (curr – NB), - 31.54.161.88
- 31.54.161.88 (rvtd), - Non-SPL AAA 94.185.135.206 – 3 edits current (orange)
- 31.54.161.88 (curr)
- List of preserved British Rail Class 08 locomotives – 86.167.86.144, 109.153.177.97
- List of preserved British Rail Class 47 locomotives – 86.152.49.46 – Loco added and removed a footnote – needs checking/editing
- List of preserved Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST locomotives – 86.149.189.107, 86.152.49.46, 86.167.86.144, 86.173.93.252 – all reverted – doesn't seem to like including locos not in UK... 31.54.33.11) 86.167.86.77 (rvtd) – (Double-check other Non-SPL AAA 94.185.135.206) – (orange)
- List of rolling stock items in the UK National Collection – 86.149.189.107, 109.153.177.97
- List of rolling stock preserved on the Severn Valley Railway – 86.157.166.41
- List of rolling stock preserved on the South Devon Railway – 86.157.166.41
- List of rolling stock preserved on the West Somerset Railway - 86.146.115.129 (curr ok? overlinking?)
- List of SR West Country and Battle of Britain class locomotives
- 86.167.160.35 - 86.146.115.129 (curr ok wl)
- LMS Ivatt Class 2 2-6-0 – 86.157.166.41
- LMS Coronation Class
- 31.54.67.179 (curr), - 86.149.189.107, 86.167.160.35, 109.157.103.183, 31.54.161.88
- LMS Patriot Class – 109.149.175.68
- LMS Princess Royal Class 6203 Princess Margaret Rose – 31.54.161.88 (rvtd)
- LMS Princess Coronation Class 6229 Duchess of Hamilton – 86.149.189.107, 86.136.209.116, 86.167.160.35, 109.157.103.183, 31.54.161.88 (rvtd), 31.54.67.179 (curr),
- LMS Princess Coronation Class 6256 Sir William A. Stanier F.R.S. – 86.149.189.107
- LMS Princess Coronation Class 6233 Duchess of Sutherland (protected)
- 86.149.189.107, - 109.149.175.68, - 31.54.161.88 (rvtd), - 31.54.67.179 (curr),
- LMS Princess Coronation Class 6235 City of Birmingham – 86.149.189.107, 86.136.209.116, 109.157.103.183
- LMS Royal Scot Class 6100 Royal Scot – 86.157.165.146
- LMS Stanier Class 8F – 86.149.189.107, 86.152.49.46, 86.157.165.146, 86.173.93.252 – all reverted – again, seemingly related to locos that have been outside the UK... - (Double-check other Non-SPL AAA 94.185.135.206)
- LNER Class A4 – 86.149.189.107, 86.136.209.116, 109.149.175.68
- LNER Class A4 4464 Bittern – 86.136.209.116, 86.157.166.41, 86.171.49.165
- LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard – 86.149.189.107, 86.171.49.165
- LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman – 86.171.49.165
- LNER Class A4 4483 Kingfisher – 86.149.189.107, 86.136.209.116
- LNER Class A4 4489 Dominion of Canada – 86.171.49.165
- LNER Class A4 4496 Dwight D Eisenhower – 86.171.49.165
- LNER Class A4 4498 Sir Nigel Gresley – 31.54.161.88 (ok with edit)
- LNER Class B17 – 109.149.175.68
- LNER Class P2 – 109.149.175.68
- LNER Pacifics – 109.157.103.183
- LNER Peppercorn Class A1 – 109.157.103.183
- LNER Peppercorn Class A1 60163 Tornado – 31.54.161.88 (curr)
- LNER Class V2 4771 Green Arrow – 109.157.103.183
- London Underground C69 and C77 Stock – 31.54.67.179 (curr)
- Mangapps Railway Museum – 86.152.49.46, 86.173.93.252 – Still current... (Burma Star seems ok), also 86.146.115.129 (curr)
- Midland Railway – Butterley – 31.54.161.88 (rvtd)
- Monkton Combe Halt railway station – 86.146.115.129 (rvtd)
- Murphy's War – 86.149.189.107
- National Railroad Museum – 86.157.166.41 Non-SPL AAA 94.185.135.206 – all reverted (clear)
- National Railway Museum – 86.149.189.107, 86.167.160.35, 109.149.175.68, 109.157.103.183
- NER Class S3 – 86.149.189.107
- North Yorkshire Moors Railway – 31.54.161.88 (rvtd)
- NS Class 8800 – 86.149.189.107
- Peter O'Toole – 86.149.189.107
- René Menzies (cyclist) – Non-SPL AAA 94.185.135.206 – 1 edit current (orange)
- Richard Hammond – 86.149.189.107, 86.157.165.146, 86.157.166.41, 86.169.192.37, 31.54.161.88 (curr – Eng=>British)
- ROD 2-8-0 – 86.149.189.107, 86.152.49.46, 86.173.93.252 – All reverted – again, seems to want to remove locomotives that aren't in the UK – (Double-check other Non-SPL AAA 94.185.135.206)
- Rolling stock of the Bluebell Railway – 109.149.175.68
- Rolling stock of the Mid-Norfolk Railway – 86.146.115.129 (curr)
- Royal Scot Locomotive and General Trust – 109.157.103.183
- Ruston (engine builder) – 86.167.86.144
- Seconds From Disaster – 86.149.185.2, 86.169.192.37
- Sinking of the RMS Titanic – 86.169.192.37
- Sodor (fictional island) – 109.153.177.97
- Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway – Non-SPL AAA 94.185.135.206 – 1 edit current (orange)
- Somerset & Dorset Railway Heritage Trust - 86.146.115.129 (curr)
- SR West Country and Battle of Britain classes – 86.167.160.35
- SS Thistlegorm – 86.157.165.146
- Steam locomotives of the 21st century – 109.149.175.68
- Streamliner – 109.157.103.183
- STS-107 (last Columbia space shuttle flight) – 86.151.21.246 – Non SPL – needs checking
- The Other Railway – 109.153.177.97
- The Sodor & Mainland Railway – 109.149.175.68
- The Stig – 86.169.192.37
- The Titfield Thunderbolt - 86.146.115.129 (curr)
- Thinktank, Birmingham – 109.149.175.68
- Thomas and the Magic Railroad – 86.167.86.144
- Tommy Godwin (cyclist born 1912) – Non-SPL AAA 94.185.135.206 – 1 edit current (orange)
- Top Gear Race to the North – 86.136.209.116, 86.136.209.116
- Top Gear: US Special – 86.149.189.107, 86.167.86.144
- Uckfield railway station – 86.173.93.252
- Victorian Railways F class (diesel) – 86.167.86.144
- Walter Greaves (cyclist) – Non-SPL AAA 94.185.135.206 – 1 edit (orange)
- WD Austerity 2-8-0 – Double-check other Non-SPL AAA 94.185.135.206)
- WD Austerity 2-10-0 – 31.54.33.11 – (current) (orange)
- Wensleydale Railway – 86.157.166.41
- West Coast Railway Company – 86.167.160.35, 109.149.175.68, 31.54.33.11 (current) 31.54.161.88 (curr – details of Duchess of Sutherland and Sir Nigel Gresley) – (orange)
- West Somerset Railway – Non-SPL AAA 94.185.135.206 – 4 edits current (orange)
- Woodham Brothers
- 86.167.160.35, 31.54.67.179
- Yeovil Railway Centre - 86.146.115.129 (curr)
Pre-cursors
[edit]There are some precursors: 86.163.28.102 – sensible edits on List of preserved Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST locomotives and Hunslett company (on 2nd Aug 2014 (Saturday) and using a dynamic IP from BT in East Anglia region); List of preserved Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST locomotives 86.163.28.127 and 86.157.78.224
Possible actions
[edit]- I'll quietly go through checking any edits that are still current, but anyone is free to chip in... Feel free to update the table above to show progress.
- Oddly enough, I'd remove the protection on LMS Princess Coronation Class 6233 Duchess of Sutherland. It, along with a number of pages, are regulars for our mystery editor, and can act as canaries in the mine shaft. If they move to a different area, then they may do (unnoticed) damage elsewhere...
- Blocking dynamic IP addresses won't achieve much (and blocking ranges would wipe out access for a lot of BT users in East Anglia... Although I'm on Sky so I don't mind too much :)
- Maybe worth putting a personalised notice on each of the fixed IP addresses? Only way we stand a chance of making contact.