I was just reading your ROD page and it refers to the
transfer to the GCR of 63601. I sent you a picture of it
standing alongside 7821, your ref:
7821+63601-1 on your GWR
page
. You might like to cross reference it. Or here's a
better picture:
These
"O-4"
class locomotives were built for the Great
Central Railway dating from 1911-14. Designed by J.G.Robinson,
they were used for heavy main-line goods traffic, classified as
7F, and delivering a tractive effort of 31325 lb. The design
was so successful that it was used by the Railways Operating
Division of the British Army during the First World War, and a
total of 591 of these locos were eventually completed. Many of
these engines became surplus to requirements, and found their
way across the world after the war ended. Several (13) ended up on
the railways of J &
A Brown
, q.v.
