90-547: London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Jubilee Class 5596 (BR number 45596 ) Bahamas is a preserved British steam locomotive. It is named after The Bahamas . The locomotive was built as a standard Jubilee Class in 1935 by the North British Locomotive Company for the London Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS). In May 1961, under the ownership of British Railways , Bahamas
180-571: A British Rail Class 08 shunter acquired in 2006 ), mainly of industrial shunting locomotives. In 2012, LH Group was sold to Wabtec for US$ 48 million. The company owns the rights to the names and designs of a number of former British locomotive manufacturers including Andrew Barclay , Avonside Engine Company , North British Locomotive Company , Greenwood & Batley , Hudswell Clarke , John Fowler & Co , Kerr, Stuart & Company , Kitson & Company and Manning Wardle . It also maintains and supplies spare parts for those brands. In 2021,
270-553: A change. Stanier introduced practices used at the Swindon Works that had been introduced by George Jackson Churchward , such as tapered boilers, long travel valves, and large bearings. His locomotives were not only more powerful, and economical, but they also ended the company's internal conflict. The war-damaged LMS was nationalised in 1948 by the Transport Act 1947 , becoming part of British Railways . It formed
360-468: A competitive choice for residents of Southend , who could take LNER services from Southend Victoria to London Liverpool Street or LMS services from Southend Central to Fenchurch Street. The LMS was formed from the following major companies: There were also some 24 subsidiary railways, leased or worked by the above companies, and a large number of joint railways, including the UK's largest Joint Railway,
450-741: A further 63 miles (101 km) of 3 ft ( 914 mm ) gauge line. The expansionist policies of many of the constituent companies which formed the LMS, particularly the Midland Railway and the London and North Western Railway , resulted in the LMS owning or operating a number of lines outside its core geographical area. For instance, in 1912, the Midland Railway had purchased the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway which operated between London Fenchurch Street and Shoeburyness , with
540-631: A half hours. Most other major cities on the network were linked by trains with names which would become famous in railway circles including the Thames-Clyde Express between London St Pancras and Glasgow St Enoch , The Palatine between London St Pancras and Manchester Central , The Irish Mail from London Euston to Holyhead and the Pines Express conveying portions from Liverpool and Manchester to Bournemouth . Goods accounted for around 60% of LMS revenue, and
630-414: A half million tons, could claim to indirectly employ a further 26,500 coal miners. For nearly ten years after its formation, the LMS had been run using a similar organisational structure to one of its constituents, the Midland Railway . In practice this meant that the commercial managers found themselves subservient to the needs of the operating departments. This changed in 1932 when a major restructuring
720-616: A loop serving Tilbury . These lines were automatically included in the LMS Group, along with the rest of the Midland Railway system, which meant that the LMS had a considerable presence in a part of the country (south Essex) which could be said to form part of the natural territory of the LNER. The process of Grouping under the Railways Act did not address geographical anomalies of this kind, although this particular arrangement did provide
810-771: A major boiler overhaul to mainline standard at Tyseley Locomotive Works in Birmingham with the aim of returning it to traffic during 2017/2018. The engine made its first moves and appearance at the Tyseley at 50 open weekend in Sept 2018 and once work completed in January 2019 alongside its light and loaded test runs the locomotive returned to the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway in February prior to mainline operations starting
900-621: A much larger scale, with the Glasgow Empire Exhibition requiring 1,800 special trains, with a further 1,456 run in connection with the Blackpool Illuminations . The number of people moved was huge, with over 2.2 million holidaymakers arriving in Blackpool between the start of July and the end of September alone. Besides these mass-market events, the company also ran regular tourist excursions to
990-538: A number of non-rolling stock items required for the everyday running of the railway. Two facilities were located in Derby, one known as Derby Loco and one as Carriage and Wagon . The former was opened in the 1840s by the North Midland , Midland Counties and Birmingham & Derby railway companies to meet their joint requirements for locomotive, carriage and wagon construction and maintenance. The latter site
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#17327876717581080-522: A significant source of revenue and the LMS became a specialist in the movement of large numbers of people, with locomotives and rolling stock often kept in operation just to service such seasonal traffic. In one year, the LMS ran 43 special trains to take spectators to the Grand National at Aintree , and a further 55 for the Cup Final at Wembley . Longer running events demanded operations on
1170-459: A substantial fleet of Industrial and depot shunting locomotives which are available for hire. The company is part of Ed Murray & Sons Ltd. The company was founded in 1864 at Jack Lane in Hunslet by John Towlerton Leather , a civil engineering contractor, who appointed James Campbell (son of Alexander Campbell, a Leeds engineer) as his works manager. The first engine was completed in 1865. It
1260-821: A variety of destinations, such as Oban in the Scottish highlands, Keswick in the English Lake District , and even the First World War battlefields in Belgium , by way of the Tilbury to Dunkerque ferry service and the Belgian railways . Such was the importance of such excursion traffic that a special department was established in 1929 and oversaw the expansion from 7,500 special trains in that year to nearly 22,000 in 1938. However important
1350-613: A veteran officer of the LNWR , while commercial activities were headed by Ashton Davies, formerly of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway . Davies created a commercial research section, increased the sales force and provided them with specialist training. The emphasis of the organisation switched from operators dictating what was reasonable to the commercial managers asking what was possible to maximise sales opportunities. Thirty five district managers were appointed to oversee sales through
1440-501: The Avonside Engine Company . John Alcock, who, following in his father's footsteps, became managing director of Hunslet in 1958, recalled his father telling him circa 1920, when he was still a schoolboy, that his main endeavour for the company would be in the application of the internal combustion engine to railway locomotion. Throughout the 1930s, Hunslet worked on the perfecting of the diesel locomotive . During
1530-463: The British Empire . Following the nationalisation of Britain's railway companies in January 1948 Bahamas , which had become the property of British Railways , was renumbered to 45596, and transferred to Edge Hill, Liverpool . In May 1961, Bahamas was modified during a scheduled overhaul to participate in a trial being conducted with the aim of improving the performance and extending
1620-700: The Caledonian Railway , while Stoke works in Staffordshire were established in 1864 by the North Staffordshire Railway . Both were absorbed into the LMS with their parent companies, and while the former became the main workshops for the Northern Division of the LMS, the latter works were wound down, closing in 1930, all work being transferred to nearby Crewe. Smaller workshop facilities were also transferred to
1710-480: The Dinorwic Slate Quarry at Llanberis . This engine, later renamed Charlie , was the first of 20 similar engines built for this quarry and did much to establish Hunslet as a major builder of quarry engines. The quarry was linked to Port Dinorwic by a 4 ft ( 1,219 mm ) gauge line for which Hunslet built three 0-6-0 T engines Dinorwic , Padarn and Velinheli . Much larger than
1800-830: The Grand Junction Railway and by the time of grouping was the locomotive works for the LNWR. Wolverton works in Buckinghamshire had been established by the London and Birmingham Railway in the 1830s, and since 1862 (when all locomotive works had transferred to Crewe) had been the LNWR's carriage works. In 1922, one year prior to the formation of the LMS, the LNWR had absorbed the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway , including their works at Horwich in Lancashire, which had opened in 1886. St. Rollox railway works , north east of Glasgow, had been built in 1856 by
1890-641: The Great Northern Railway (Ireland) , jointly owned the County Donegal Railways Joint Committee lines. Being geographically the largest, and the most central of the four main post-grouping railway companies, the LMS shared numerous boundaries with both the LNER and GWR, although its overlap with the Southern Railway was limited due to the general lack of direct routes through London. The SR and
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#17327876717581980-753: The London Midland Region and part of the Scottish Region . British Railways transferred the lines in Northern Ireland to the Ulster Transport Authority in 1949. The London Midland & Scottish Railway Company continued to exist as a legal entity for nearly two years after Nationalisation, being formally wound up on 23 December 1949. The lines in Great Britain were rationalised through closure in
2070-858: The Midland & Great Northern , and one of the most famous, the Somerset & Dorset . The LMS was the minority partner (with the LNER) in the Cheshire Lines Committee . In Ireland there were three railways: All of the above operated, at least partially, in Northern Ireland The total route mileage of the LMS in 1923 was 7,790 miles (12,537 km). The early history of the LMS was dominated by infighting between parties representing its constituent parts, many of whom had previously been commercial and territorial rivals. This
2160-459: The Midland Railway , the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (which had previously merged with the London and North Western Railway on 1 January 1922), several Scottish railway companies (including the Caledonian Railway ), and numerous other, smaller ventures. Besides being the world's largest transport organisation, the company was also the largest commercial enterprise in the British Empire and
2250-728: The National Coal Board (NCB) and the British Army , and rebuilding some older Austerities, work which continued into the early 1960s. The last three Austerities were sold in 1970, one directly to preservation, one for scrap and one to the NCB. The last industrial steam engine built in Britain was built at Hunslet in 1971 for export to Trangkil sugar mill in Central Java , Indonesia. The "Jack Lane, Hunslet, Leeds" works
2340-529: The Second World War , the company again served the country well in the manufacture of munitions, but it also built engines, both steam and diesel for the war effort. Noteworthy is its role in the production of the "Austerity" 0-6-0 ST shunting locomotive. It was an austerity revision of the 50550 shunter design, itself a development of the Hunslet 48150 shunter design, of which 16 had been built pre-war. Hunslet produced 149 Austerities during
2430-655: The War Department Light Railways . After the First World War, Hunslet was once more able to attract overseas orders and it also received a series of repeat orders from the London, Midland & Scottish Railway for 90 LMS Fowler Class 3F "Jinty" 0-6-0 T shunting engines. During the 1930s, Hunslet built its largest locomotives, two 0-8-0 T engines, built for a special train-ferry loading job in China – they were at that date
2520-578: The "flow-line" principle, similar to a modern assembly line , and the unit assemblies were taken to workstations, where the precision machining of the mass-produced parts ensured they all fitted accurately into position, building into a complete carriage as the unit moved along the flow line. The technique was already in use in Derby prior to grouping, and was adopted in Wolverton during 1925, with Newton Heath following two years later. By using this method,
2610-798: The 1950s to 70s but the main routes survive and some have been developed for 125 mph inter-city services. Despite having widespread interests in a number of commercial areas, the LMS was first and foremost a railway organisation. It operated in all four constituent countries of the United Kingdom, and in England its operations penetrated 32 of the 40 counties . The company operated around 7,000 route miles of railway line, servicing 2,944 goods depots and 2,588 passenger stations, using 291,490 freight vehicles, 20,276 passenger vehicles and 9,914 locomotives. The company directly employed 263,000 staff, and through its annual coal consumption of over six and
2700-492: The 40th anniversary of the Falklands War in 1982, 45596 had a temporary change in identity to become scrapped classmate 45606 Falkland Islands . In January 2011, an appeal, "Steam's Last Blast", was launched to raise funds for another overhaul to modern main line standards. Sufficient funds were raised from supporters and with the aid of a Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) grant of £775,800. In July 2013, work commenced on
2790-702: The Big Four companies to operate rail services in Northern Ireland , serving most major settlements in the region. On 1 July 1903, the Midland Railway took over the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway and operated it under the name of Midland Railway (Northern Counties Committee). On grouping, the network became part of the LMS, again operating under the name of the Northern Counties Committee , and consisted of 201 miles (323 km) of 5 ft 3 in ( 1,600 mm ) gauge track with
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2880-444: The LMS by other constituent companies, including at Barrow-in-Furness ( Furness Railway ), Bow ( North London Railway ), Kilmarnock ( Glasgow and South Western Railway ) and Inverness ( Highland Railway ). The table below shows all major works taken over by the LMS upon formation. The LMS inherited a wide variety of passenger rolling stock from its constituent companies, and appointed Robert Whyte Reid, an ex-Midland Railway man, as
2970-407: The LMS had inherited from the 35 merged companies, a system of 7,000 route miles and 19,000 track miles; accounting for 38.4% of the total mileage of the 'big four' grouped railways. It was the owner of 9,319 locomotives, 19,000 passenger-carrying vehicles, and 286,000 wagons. It operated more than 10,600 passenger trains and 15,000 goods trains a day, with a total staff of 231,000. In addition to this,
3060-423: The LMS owned 543 miles of canal, 8,950 horses, 17,000 carts, 2,000 motor vehicles, 64 steamboats and 27 docks, and was the owner of 28 hotels. The LMS operated a number of lines jointly with the other main railway companies, a situation which arose when the former joint owners of a route were placed into different post-grouping companies. Most of these were situated at or near the boundaries between two or more of
3150-516: The LMS was nationalised on 1 January 1948, becoming part of the state-owned British Railways . The LMS was the largest of the Big Four railway companies serving routes in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The Railways Act 1921 created four large railway companies which were in effect geographical monopolies, albeit with competition at their boundaries, and with some lines either reaching into competitor territory, or being jointly operated. The LMS operated services in and around London,
3240-554: The LMS were mainly overlapping on the West London Line . Competition with the LNER was mainly in terms of the premium London to Scotland traffic, with the rival LMS (West Coast) and LNER (East Coast) routes competing to provide ever better standards of passenger comfort and faster journey times. The LNER also competed with the LMS for traffic between London, the East Midlands , South Yorkshire and Manchester , with
3330-733: The Midlands, the North West of England, Mid/North Wales and Scotland. The company also operated a separate network of lines in Northern Ireland. The principal routes were the West Coast Main Line and the Midland Main Line , which had been the main routes of the two largest constituent companies, the London and North Western Railway and the Midland Railway respectively. AT the time of its creation,
3420-528: The United Kingdom's second largest employer, after the Post Office . In 1938, the LMS operated 6,870 miles (11,056 km) of railway (excluding its lines in Northern Ireland ), but its profitability was generally disappointing, with a rate of return of only 2.7%. Under the Transport Act 1947 , along with the other members of the " Big Four " British railway companies ( Great Western Railway , London and North Eastern Railway and Southern Railway ),
3510-502: The appointment of Sir Henry Fowler as Chief Mechanical Engineer, was the continuation of the Midland Railway's small-engine policy (see Locomotives of the Midland Railway ). The LMS also implemented a novel management structure, breaking with British railway tradition, and mirroring a contemporary management practice more common in the United States, appointing a President and Vice-Presidents. On 4 January 1926, Josiah Stamp
3600-473: The availability of locomotives and rolling stock , and trained staff to step into key roles; firemen trained as drivers and locomotive cleaners trained to replace firemen. Numerous special fares were introduced to encourage travel, develop niche markets and overcome competitors. The cheap day return ticket offered return travel at a price usually equivalent to the single fare, although in areas with rival bus services they were sometimes offered at less than
3690-531: The business was purchased by Ed Murray & Sons. The Hunslet Steam Co. is part of the LH Group. The company is involved in new-build steam locomotives (including two Quarry Hunslet 0-4-0 ST locomotives), boiler making and locomotive maintenance. The locomotive manufacturer Andrew Barclay was acquired by the Hunslet group in 1972, and renamed Hunslet-Barclay. It chiefly undertook maintenance and refurbishment of diesel multiple unit passenger trains at
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3780-486: The companies, but there were some notable examples which extended beyond this borderland zone. Together with the London and North Eastern Railway , the LMS ran the former Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway network. Exceeding 183 miles (295 km), this was the largest jointly operated network in Great Britain in terms of route mileage, and extended from Peterborough to the East Anglian coast. The M&GN
3870-749: The company adopted the "crimson lake" livery for coaching stock as had been used by the Midland and Glasgow & South Western Railways prior to grouping (with the North Staffordshire Railway using a very similar shade). The livery worked well, proving to be hard wearing and practical. Hunslet Engine Company The Hunslet Engine Company is a locomotive building company, founded in 1864 in Hunslet , England. It manufactured steam locomotives for over 100 years and currently manufactures diesel shunting locomotives . The company owns
3960-563: The company's goods depots, passenger stations and key dock facilities. There was even sales representation in the Irish Free State , certain European countries and North America. A monthly newsletter was produced entitled Quota News , and trophies were awarded to the best performing districts and salesmen. To provide maximum capacity during times of peak demand, the operating department re-organised maintenance schedules to maximise
4050-581: The design of their advertisement posters. In this time, fine art already had a distinguished association in Europe and North America with good taste, longevity and quality. Jeffrey wanted LMS’ commercial image to align with these qualities and therefore accepted Wilkinson's advice. For the first series of posters, Wilkinson personally invited 16 of his fellow alumni from the Royal Academy of London to take part. In letter correspondence, Wilkinson outlined
4140-406: The details of the LMS proposal to the artists. The artist fee for each participant was £100. The railway poster would measure 50 X 40 inches. In this area, the artist's design would be reproduced as a photolithographic print on double royal satin paper, filling 45 X 35 inches. The mass-produced posters were pasted inside railway stations in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. LMS decided
4230-614: The end of 1997. For the better part of the following fifteen years, Bahamas spent much of its time being moved between storage and static display at locations such as the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway 's museums at Ingrow and Oxenhope as well as the National Railway Museum in York. Since 2018, the Bahamas Locomotive Society has been chaired by Alderman Keith Whitmore . In Sept 2022 to mark
4320-431: The excursion traffic was, it was the ordinary scheduled services which had to be the focus of efforts to improve the fortunes of the LMS. A number of initiatives were introduced, with the aim of making train travel more attractive and encouraging business growth. Services were accelerated, and better quality rolling stock was introduced and from 24 September 1928 sleeping cars were provided for third class ticket holders for
4410-467: The firm remained in the Campbell family ownership for many years. Between 1865 and 1870, the company had averaged fewer than ten locomotives a year but, in 1871, seventeen were built, rising over the next 30 years to a maximum of 34. In 1870, Hunslet constructed its first narrow gauge engine Dinorwic , a diminutive 1 ft 10 + 3 ⁄ 4 in ( 578 mm ) gauge 0-4-0 ST for
4500-466: The first time. The effect of these improvements was significant, with receipts from passenger traffic increasing by £2.9 million (equivalent to £2,226,910,000 in 2023) between 1932 and 1938. A number of premium services were offered, culminating in 1937 with the launch of the Coronation Scot , which featured streamlined locomotives hauling a nine coach train of specially constructed stock between London Euston and Glasgow Central in six and
4590-411: The former Midland main line from St Pancras (LMS) and Great Central Main Line from Marylebone (LNER) both providing express, stopping and local services between these destinations. The London to Birmingham corridor was fiercely contested with the LMS running expresses over its West Coast Main Line via Rugby , and the Great Western running services via Banbury . The LMS was also the only one of
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#17327876717584680-516: The head of its Carriage department. Reid had already started to introduce more efficient carriage building practices at the Derby Carriage and Wagon Works of the Midland Railway prior to grouping and these same practices were soon introduced to the carriage and wagon works of the former LNWR at Wolverton and the L&YR at Newton Heath. Most railway carriages were constructed by fitting together component parts which had been roughly machined to larger dimensions than required, which were then cut to
4770-410: The hostilities, and sub-contracted construction of almost 200 more. A total of 485 Austerities were built by Hunslet and other builders between 1943 and 1964, of which over 70 examples have been preserved. Locomotive construction resumed after the war. Important in post-war production was the Hunslet flame-proof diesel engine for use in the coal mines, as well as further batches of Austerity shunters for
4860-425: The initial jigs) such as doors, ventilators, windows and seats. The natural progression was to streamline the assembly process and the company introduced a method known as Progressive Construction. In this process the mass-produced parts were combined into "unit assemblies", each of which was a major sub-component of the finished carriage such as side panels, carriage ends or the roof. The workshops were organised on
4950-431: The largest and most powerful tank engines ever built. A year or so later, the same design formed the basis for an 0-8-0 tender engine for India. Many other "large-engine" orders were received in these inter-war years. Other independent British manufacturers failed to survive the depression of the 1920s and 30s and Hunslet acquired the patterns, rights and designs of other builders including Kerr, Stuart & Company and
5040-429: The locomotive returned to mainline operations in early 2019. 5596 was constructed in 1935 by the North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow for the London Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS). It was a standard Jubilee Class locomotive, designed by William Stanier , the chief mechanical engineer of the LMS. In June 1936, 5596 received the name Bahamas after the islands in the Atlantic Ocean which were part of
5130-403: The locomotive was stored while officials deliberated on the best means to dispose of it. For some time, it lingered on the scrap line while the manner of its disposal was considered. Keen to save Bahamas , several members of the public came together to attempt to purchase it with the hope of using the locomotive to operate special excursion trains. British Rail showed a lack of enthusiasm when it
5220-442: The normal quarry type, 1 ft 10 + 3 ⁄ 4 in gauge 0-4-0 ST engines Charles , Blanche and Linda were built between 1882 and 1893 for use on the Penrhyn Quarry Railway "main line" between Bethesda and Port Penrhyn in North Wales . Many short wheelbase 0-6-0 T locomotives were supplied to the Manchester Ship Canal Company in the 1880s. The first Hunslet engine built for export
5310-410: The overhaul was completed in 1988, it returned to mainline excursion trips and occasional visits to other heritage railways. In 1990, the Bahamas Locomotive Society relocated to Ingrow West railway station near Keighley in West Yorkshire. In 1994 the engine's mainline certification expired, with the engine spending the next 3 years running on heritage railways until its 10-year boiler ticket expired at
5400-531: The past. This was true at Hunslet, which found its overseas customers asking for very large engines. One example was an order for two 86 ton 2-8-4 T s from the Antofagasta, Chile & Bolivia Railway . During the First World War , overseas orders dried up. The company, like many others, found itself employing women on the shop floor and engaged in the manufacture of munitions. It continued to produce limited numbers of locomotives, significant examples being lightweight narrow gauge 4-6-0 T designs for
5490-429: The required size and joined together by skilled coachbuilders. Reid's new method involved the use of templates or " jigs " to mass-produce components to a set pattern and size. Once these had been checked any example of a specific part could be used interchangeably with any other of the same type. The technique was applied to any item which could be manufactured in large numbers (as there were significant costs in producing
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#17327876717585580-456: The role of secretary and traveller with a seat on the board. At about this time, Hunslet was building a series of 2-6-2 T s for the Sierra Leone Government Railway , design elements of which were included in the construction of the famous Russell a 1 ft 11 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ( 597 mm ) gauge engine built for the Portmadoc, Beddgelert & South Snowdon Railway . Following family disagreements, both Will and
5670-405: The same month. 45596 worked "The Bahamas Renaissance" its first railtour for 25 years on 9 February 2019, the tour originated at Oxenhope on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway and ran both ways over the Settle and Carlisle line via Ribblehead and Appleby to Carlisle . Owing to popularity with the first tour being a complete sell-out. A second trip was run the weekend after, this being over
5760-434: The same route and the same itinerary. This tour also became a complete sell-out. London, Midland and Scottish Railway The London, Midland and Scottish Railway ( LMS ) was a British railway company. It was formed on 1 January 1923 under the Railways Act 1921 , which required the grouping of over 120 separate railways into four. The companies merged into the LMS included the London and North Western Railway ,
5850-414: The same year, several orders for underground and mining diesel locomotives were completed. In 2007, Hunslet began developing a new family of locomotives ranging from shunters to vehicles weighing up to 100 tons. The first locomotive of the new class, the DH60C , a three-axle C diesel hydraulic shunting locomotive, was unveiled in July 2010. The company also operated a locomotive hire business (including
5940-406: The senior appointments on the operating side were of former Midland men, such as James Anderson, so that Midland ideas and practices tended to prevail over those of other constituents. For example, the Midland's system of traffic control was imposed on a system-wide basis, along with the Midland livery of Crimson Lake for passenger locomotives and rolling stock. Particularly notable, especially after
6030-404: The service life of steam locomotives . Changes made included installing a double blastpipe and exhaust system which brought a 30 percent increase in the boiler's steaming capacity and allowed the locomotive the ability to steam more efficiently poorer quality coal. Before this, another Jubilee, 45722 Defence , had received similar design changes for testing in the late 1950s; the role of Bahamas
6120-419: The single fare. Companies holding large freight accounts with the LMS received reduced price season tickets for nominated employees, while commercial travellers, anglers and conveyors of racing pigeons were all tempted with special offers. Passenger miles rose quite dramatically, from a low point of 6,500 million in 1932 to 8,500 million by 1937, while at the same time the number of coaches required
6210-456: The subject advertised, but choices of style and approach were left to the artist's discretion. LMS’ open design brief resulted in a collection of posters that reflected the large capacity of destinations and experiences available with the transport organisation. For the Irish Free State , Wilkinson designed a poster in 1927 encouraging the public to avail of the LMS ferry and connecting boat trains to Ireland. For this promotion, Wilkinson's design
6300-407: The time taken to construct a typical carriage fell from six weeks to six days and by 1931 Derby and Wolverton were able to handle the entire LMS carriage building workload, and production at Newton Heath ceased. Each of the constituent companies of the LMS had their own liveries for locomotives and rolling stock. The board of directors of the LMS was dominated by former Midland Railway officers, and
6390-435: The youngest brother Gordon left the company and a serious injury left Robert disabled and unable to continue as works manager. The post of works manager was advertised and Edgar Alcock, then assistant works manager at the Gorton Foundry of Beyer-Peacock , was appointed in 1912. Alcock came to Hunslet at a time of change when the industry was being asked for far larger and more powerful locomotives than had ever been required in
6480-447: Was Linden , a standard gauge 0-6-0 ST delivered to Brassey and Ballard , a railway civil engineering contractor as were several of the firm's early customers. Other customers included collieries. This basic standard gauge shunting and short haul "industrial" engine was to be the main-stay of Hunslet production for many years. In 1871, James Campbell bought the company for £25,000 (payable in five instalments over two years) and
6570-528: Was accompanied with four posters of Ireland by Belfast modernist painter, Paul Henry . The commercial success of Wilkinson and Jeffrey's collaboration manifested between 1924 and 1928, with public sale of 12,000 railway posters. Paul Henry's 1925 poster depicting the Gaeltacht region of Connemara in County Galway proved most commercially popular, with 1,500 sales. Charter and excursion trains were
6660-531: Was appointed First President of the Executive, the equivalent of a Chief executive in modern organisational structures. He added the role of chairman of the board of directors to his portfolio in January 1927, succeeding Sir Guy Granet . The arrival of the new chief mechanical engineer, William Stanier , who was brought in from the Great Western Railway by Josiah Stamp in 1932, heralded
6750-692: Was approached by the preservation society as the group encountered great difficulty in raising the funds. In early 1967, British Rail had agreed the sale of Bahamas to a scrap merchant in Hull. The society acquired enough money, largely due to the offer of a sympathetic businessman of a £3,000 loan to cover the purchase and high-level intervention within British Rail resulted in the sale to the Bahamas Locomotive Society . The shed locations of 45596 on particular dates. In 1967, Bahamas
6840-824: Was closed in 1995, the last order being a batch of narrow gauge diesel locomotives for tunnelling on the Jubilee Line Extension of the London Underground . In 2004, the Hunslet Engine Company was acquired by the LH Group. Production was moved to Barton-under-Needwood while other operations remained in Leeds. In 2006, the company manufactured remote-controlled diesel electric shunters for John M. Henderson & Co to be supplied to POSCO 's coking plant in South Korea . In
6930-510: Was completed, replacing the traditional board of directors with an executive headed by a president, supported by vice-presidents each with responsibility for a specific area. Ernest Lemon , who had briefly held the office of Chief Mechanical Engineer pending the arrival of William Stanier became Vice-President (Railway traffic, operating and commercial), with separate chief operating and chief commercial managers of equal status reporting to him. Railway operations were directed by Charles Byrom,
7020-694: Was even more varied than passenger services, catering for a range of goods from fresh perishables such as milk, fish and meat through to bulk minerals and small consignments sent point to point between individuals and companies. Particularly notable were the Toton – Brent coal trains, which took coal from the Nottinghamshire coalfield to London. The LMS owned and operated a number of railway works, all of which were inherited from constituent companies. Between them these sites constructed locomotives, coaching stock, multiple units and freight wagons, as well as
7110-697: Was its No. 10, an 0-4-0 ST shipped via Hull and Rotterdam to Java . By 1902, Hunslet had supplied engines to over thirty countries, often opening up new markets. In Ireland, Hunslet supplied engines to several of the newly opened narrow gauge lines and also in 1887 built the three unorthodox 0-3-0 engines for the Lartigue Monorail system used by the Listowel Ballybunion Railway . From 1873 onwards, many Hunslet locomotives were exported to Australia for use on both main line and lesser lines. In 1901, James Campbell
7200-484: Was opened in the 1860s by the Midland Railway as part of a reorganisation of facilities in Derby and left the original site to concentrate on locomotive manufacture and repair. The Midland Railway also had works at Bromsgrove in Worcestershire, which had been inherited from the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway . The LNWR also contributed several works sites to the LMS. Crewe Works was opened in 1840 by
7290-480: Was particularly marked in the case of the Midland and the North Western , each of which believed its way was the right – and only – way of doing business. This rivalry was so severe, that stories of connecting trains at Birmingham New Street from the previous LNWR and MR parts of the system, being deliberately made to miss each other persisted even as late as the early 1950s, long after their demise. Many of
7380-452: Was permitted to run on the national rail network. In October 1972, Bahamas hauled its first excursion special, proving there was public demand. A year later, it was removed from service when its boiler certificate expired. In 1988, it returned to steam after overhaul. It was withdrawn from mainline use after its ticket expired. Between 1997 and 2013, Bahamas alternated between public displays and storage. Another overhaul began during 2013 and
7470-417: Was proved and more excursions were run by preservation groups. Bahamas was taken out of service in 1973 due to the expiry of its boiler certificate. The society began overhauling the locomotive and its boiler to return it to mainline-running condition. During this overhaul the livery was returned to the British Rail green scheme it had worn in regular service (this was authentic for its double chimney). Once
7560-621: Was purchased from British Railways for preservation by the Bahamas Locomotive Society. After purchase the engine was sent to the Hunslet Engine Company in Leeds for repairs and was repainted in LMS Crimson lake livery. The society secured the lease of a section of track to Dinting railway station near Glossop in Derbyshire where it established the Dinting Railway Museum around a former Great Central steam shed. This
7650-467: Was reduced through improved maintenance and more efficient utilisation. In 1938 it opened a School of Transport in Derby to train its staff in best railway practice. The LMS's commercial success in the 1920s resulted in part from the contributions of English painter, Norman Wilkinson . In 1923, Wilkinson advised Superintendent of Advertising and Publicity of the LMS, T.C Jeffrey, to improve rail sales and other LMS services by incorporating fine art into
7740-502: Was still in charge as proprietor and his four sons were all working for the company, including the eldest son Alexander III who had taken over as works manager on the death of his Uncle George in 1890. In 1902, the company was reorganised as a private limited company with the name Hunslet Engine Company Ltd. but was still a family business. Following the death of James Campbell in 1905, the chairmanship passed to Alexander III and brother Robert became works manager, while brother Will retained
7830-470: Was the engine's first operational base in its preservation years. In the early years of preservation, British Rail did not allow access to the rail network because of a ban on steam locomotives. The ban was lifted in 1971 and Bahamas was one of several locomotives selected to run on the national railway network. The locomotive hauled an enthusiasts' special in October 1972. Public demand for such excursions
7920-533: Was the recipient of several experimental modifications aimed at improving the steam engine. In July 1966, Bahamas was withdrawn from traffic. A preservation society was founded and raised the money to purchase it from British Rail to prevent it from being scrapped. After repairs by the Hunslet Engine Company in Leeds Bahamas was transported to Dinting Railway Museum , near Glossop , Derbyshire. After British Rail's ban on steam locomotives ended, Bahamas
8010-553: Was to provide an assessment on the day-to-day impact of such alterations. On its return to traffic, Bahamas was based at Carlisle for a brief period, before being transferred to Stockport in July 1962. By 1962, enthusiasm had waned for the development of improved steam locomotives and trials were terminated by the end of the year. In July 1966, Bahamas was withdrawn from traffic; in its final months, it had been used to haul farewell excursions for enthusiasts. Following its withdrawal,
8100-529: Was wholly incorporated into the LNER in 1936. The LMS also operated a significant joint network with the Southern Railway, in the shape of the former Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway . This network connected Bath and Bournemouth, and wound its way through territory nominally allocated to a third railway company, the Great Western . Through the former Midland Railway holdings, the LMS, together with
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