Inverurie Locomotive Works: Difference between revisions
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== History == |
== History == |
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The Great North of Scotland Railway constructed its locomotive construction and repair works on a 15 acre site at [[Inverurie]] {{convert|16|mi|km}} north west of [[Aberdeen]], adjoining the line to [[Keith]]. |
The Great North of Scotland Railway constructed its locomotive construction and repair works on a 15 acre site at [[Inverurie]] {{convert|16|mi|km}} north west of [[Aberdeen]], adjoining the line to [[Keith, Moray|Keith]]. |
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Only ten locomotives were ever built at the Works. These locomotives which were 4-4-0 tender engines of GNSR classes V and F were manufactured between 1906 and 1921. Although there were differences between the V and F engines, for example the F class were superheated, the London and North Eastern Railway counted members of both classes as LNER class D40. |
Only ten locomotives were ever built at the Works. These locomotives which were 4-4-0 tender engines of GNSR classes V and F were manufactured between 1906 and 1921. Although there were differences between the V and F engines, for example the F class were superheated, the London and North Eastern Railway counted members of both classes as LNER class D40. |
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Revision as of 09:42, 7 February 2010
57°17′10″N 2°22′26″W / 57.286°N 2.374°W Inverurie Locomotive Works was built in 1903 by the Great North of Scotland Railway (GNSR) in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
History
The Great North of Scotland Railway constructed its locomotive construction and repair works on a 15 acre site at Inverurie 16 miles (26 km) north west of Aberdeen, adjoining the line to Keith.
Only ten locomotives were ever built at the Works. These locomotives which were 4-4-0 tender engines of GNSR classes V and F were manufactured between 1906 and 1921. Although there were differences between the V and F engines, for example the F class were superheated, the London and North Eastern Railway counted members of both classes as LNER class D40.
The works remained open for locomotive repair throughout both London and North Eastern Railway and British Railways ownership, finally closing in 1969.
See also
- LNER Class D40 - for details of the ten locomotives built at Inverurie.
References
- Larkin, Edgar (1992) An illustrated history of British Railway Workshops, Oxford: Oxford Publishing Co., 184 p., ISBN 0-86093-503-5.