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Urie/Maunsell N15 Scotch Arthurs

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    The Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the newly formed Southern Railway Richard Maunsell, modified the Urie locomotives in the light of operational experience and increased the class strength to 74 locomotives. Maunsell and his Chief Draughtsman James Clayton incorporated several improvements, notably to the steam circuit and valve gear.

    The new locomotives were built over several batches at Eastleigh and Glasgow, leading to the nicknames of "Eastleigh Arthurs" and "Scotch Arthurs" in service. The class was subjected to smoke deflection experiments in 1926, becoming the first British class of steam locomotive to be fitted with smoke deflectors. Maunsell's successor, Oliver Bulleid, attempted to improve performance by altering exhaust arrangements. The locomotives continued operating with British Railways (BR) until the end of 1962.


    This large collection of over 70 photos features the ‘Scotch Arthurs’ 30763-30792 built NBL Glasgow 1925 starts here:

    https://railway-photography.smugmug...lass/The-Scotch-Arthurs-3076330792-/i-Q229d6c

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    A few suggested locations :
    18/70 768 West of Pirbright Jn on Down Main Line.
    28/70 30772 Possibly Basingstoke Down Slow Platform
    43/70 30781 Basingstoke with Holy Ghost ruins in the background
    54/70 30785 Deepcut between Pirbright Jn and Sturt Lane Jn aka Milepost 31 bridge.
    58/70 30787 Approaching Battledown flyover on Up Southampton Line.
    68/70 30790 Possibly Tilehurst with the straight lines and angled footbridge in the background.

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    belated thanks everyone

    Captions updated
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