Taff Vale Railway O2 class
Taff Vale Railway O2 class|
Taff Vale 85 at Oxenhope, 27 January 2008 |
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| Career |
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| Operators |
TVR » GWR |
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| Withdrawn |
1926–1928 |
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| Preserved |
One: TVR 85 |
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| Disposition |
One preserved, remainder scrapped |
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The Taff Vale Railway O2 class was a class of 0-6-2T steam tank locomotives designed by Tom Hurry Riches and introduced to the Taff Vale Railway in 1899.
Numbering
| Year | Quantity | Builder | Serial Numbers | TVR Numbers | GWR numbers | Notes |
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| 1899 | 9 | Neilson, Reid & Co. | 5406 (or 5409 ?), 5408, 5410–5416 | 82, 85, 84, 32, 83, 81, 31, 66, 44 | 423, 426, 425, 413, 424, 421, 412, 419, 415 | |
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Withdrawal and disposal
All were withdrawn from traffic between 1926 and 1928. One locomotive, GWR 426 (TVR 85) was sold to the National Coal Board and used at their Philadelphia Colliery, numbered 52. It was subsequently saved for preservation, and is based at the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway. It was restored to original Taff Vale condition in 2000 and ran on a regular basis until 2009 when its boiler ticket expired. It is now undergoing another overhaul to operational condition.
References
- Casserley, H. C. & Johnston, Stuart W. (1966). Locomotives at the Grouping 4: Great Western Railway. Shepperton, Middlesex: Ian Allan Limited. p. 78.
- Butcher, Alan C. (ed.). Railways Restored (1988/89 ed.). Weybridge, Surrey: Ian Allan Limited. pp. 85–86. ISBN 0-7110-1762-X.