Saturday 7 February 2009

GNoSR LOCOMOTIVES - THE MANSON YEARS

GREAT NORTH OF SCOTLAND ENGINES (1883 - 1890)

James Manson succeeded Cowan and soon designed a side-tank engine, the only six-coupled type to be owned by the Great North and the first in the country to have cabs fitted with side doors. Nine were delivered in two batches by Kitson & Co in 1884-5, the Class E model being slightly larger and heavier. Although designed for shunting and banking duties, the engines served on the Aberdeen suburban services and short runs on the main line and Alford branch. In 1903 no 8 was fitted with front and rear cow-catchers and worked the St Combs light railway. Latterly they were used for shunting at Kittybrewster and on the Waterloo branch.


CLASS D
(LNER J90)
0-6-0T
James MANSON
1884

8 8s 6808 (1932)
11 11s 6811 (1934)
15 15s 6815 (1935)
16 16s 6816 (1935)
39 39s 6839 (1934)
42 42s 6842 (1936)

CLASS E
(LNER J91)
0-6-0T
James MANSON
1885

37 37s 6837 (1931)
38 38s 6838 (1933)
41 41s 6841 (1934)

He also introduced his first 4-4-0 engines in 1884, again built by Kitson's, with a second batch following in 1885.


CLASS A
(LNER CLASS D44)
4-4-0
James MANSON
1884

63 63s 6863 (1924)
64 64s 6864 (1925)
65 65s 6865 (1926)
66 66s 6866 (1925)
67 67s 6867 (1932)
68 68s 6868 (1925)

CLASS G
(LNER CLASS D48)
4-4-0
James MANSON
1885

69 69s 6869 (1934)
70 70s 6870 (1928)
71 71s 6871 (1928)

Two similar engines were built at Kittybrewster - the only ones to be built there.

CLASS N
(LNER CLASS D46)
4-4-0
James MANSON
1887

5 5s 6805 (1936)
Originally named Kinmundy
6 6s 6806 (1932) Originally named Thomas Adam

Manson's O Class engines were designed to meet the needs of a system coping with increasing traffic and the demand for faster trains. They were built by Kitson & Co in 1888. Two engines from the class survived long enough to be included in the LNER's 1946 renumbering scheme.

CLASS O
(LNER CLASS D42)
4-4-0
James MANSON
1888

4 4s 6804 (1935)
7 7s 6807 2075 (1945)
9 9s 6809 (1939)
10 10s 6810 (1939)
17 17s 6817 2076 (1946)
18 18s 6818 (1939)
72 72s 6872 (1938)
73 73s 6873 (1937)
74 74s 6874 (1939)

Two more sets of 4-4-0s were delivered by Robert Stephenson & Co in 1890 - comprising a total of six engines.

CLASS P
(LNER CLASS D43)
4-4-0
James MANSON
1890

12 12s 6812 (1938)
13 13s 6813 (1937)
14 14s 6814 (1936)

CLASS Q
(LNER CLASS D38)
4-4-0
James MANSON
1890

75 75s 6875 (1938)
76 76s 6876 (1931)
77 77s 6877 (1937)

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