[steamrailuk]

Recently there has been a lot of locomotive classes that were never preserved being revived such as the B17, Patriot, Clan, Grange, Saint and many others.

I was wondering if given the choice what loco or loco's would I want to be revived whether it be steam, diesel or electric

My first choice would be Caledonian Railway No.903 Cardean as at one point it was Britains most powerful express loco and in my opinion was the pinnacle of Scottish loco design before the grouping.
No.903 Cardean

My next would be one of the Great Western Atlantics either No.102 La France or No.40 North Star as its the missing link between the City of Truro and and the 4-6-0 Star Class being the first GWR four cylindered loco's.
No.40 North Star
No.102 La France

My last choice would be a semi-streamlined GWR Castle class as the GWR is the only company that doesn't have a streamlined locomotive in preservation, although its not that good looking in full streamlined form it looks quite good in semi-streamlined form with just the bullit nose, wedge fronted cab, full length wheel arches with streamlined funnel, dome and firebox.
No.5005 Manorbier Castle semi-streamlined

would love to hear your suggestions and reasons for them.

 

[steamrailuk]

QUOTE (neil_s_wood @ 19 Aug 2008, 00:39) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>I'd go with the Cardean too.

A preserved Garratt would have been good.
Very nice choice, certainly tempted by the idea of a Garratt. Which one would you choose, LNER, LMS or one of the exported Garratts

 

[steamrailuk]

QUOTE (34C @ 19 Aug 2008, 09:31) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>With an eye to suitability to actually run with a decent load on the UK network, the only new classes really worth building are those that are powerful and fast enough to still perform out on the main lines. Top of my list a P2 2-8-2; the only eight coupled express passenger class to ever run in the UK. With the current experience of building the A1, this pretty closely related machine seems a natural if expensive choice. A real benefit is that it can take the same boiler design as the A1, and could share a tender/extended range tender if in the same ownership as the A1.
Would love to see a P2 rebuilt since its a scaled up A1 but wouldn't it have problems with the current loading guages that restrict locos like the 9F that have large wheel bases from running on the main line? If not I would certainly like to see it built but which version. The original version seen on Cock o' the North or the later version with the A4 style front end.

 

[steamrailuk]

QUOTE (Richard Johnson @ 19 Aug 2008, 16:21) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>***But rightly or wrongly, the already well and truly overexposed A4 shape is what would be seen and many of the great unwashed wouldn't even notice the difference...... I'd still like to see LMS 10000 before any other large steam locos..... Its certainly a historically more significant loco.

Richard
LMS 10000 would be a great addition to the preserved locos fleet and its certainly true that all the parts and expertise to build it are easily available. I was also thinking of a loco such as that either the GT3 if it was possible or recreate the Blue Pullman DMU as a design classic in my opinion

 

[steamrailuk]

QUOTE (34C @ 19 Aug 2008, 18:33) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Assuming that there was popular support there could be some hot debate on the how. A low cost route might be to take an English Electric class 37 frame, which must be very similar in leading dimensions and has much the same machinery layout, rebody to 10000, install the correct motor, generator and ancilliaries, fabricate all new bogies. That's a midpoint between take a 37, fit it with 10000 cabs, paint it up, and bingo! a running machine externally something like 10000; and build it from the ground up, all new and as close as possible to the 10000 that went into service in 1947.
that would be the most likely course of action as i've seen on many steam loco rebuilds, they cannibalise other locos with similar parts and modify them to how they want them