Skip to main content
  1. Home
  2. Railways
  3. By Manufacturer
  4. Rapido Trains UK
  5. HR ‘Jones Goods’ 4-6-0 – HR Yellow (1960s condition)
 

RAPIDO-TRAINS-UK HR ‘Jones Goods’ 4-6-0 – HR Yellow (1960s condition)

HR ‘Jones Goods’ 4-6-0 – HR Yellow (1960s condition)

Out of stock

Click to enlarge

RAPIDO-TRAINS-UK HR ‘Jones Goods’ 4-6-0 – HR Yellow (1960s condition)

Stock code 914001

Brand  RAPIDO-TRAINS-UK

  Out of stock
Currently unavailable - please contact us for an delivery date or an alternative.
£219.95Each
lt;pgt;HR ‘Jones Goods’ 4-6-0 – HR Yellow (1960s condition) 914001lt;/pgt; lt;p class="has-black-color has-text-color"gt;The 4-6-0 wheel arrangement was used for some of Britain’s most iconic locomotives: the LMS ‘Black Five’ and ‘Jubilees’, the Southern’s ‘LNs’ and ‘King Arthurs’ and the whole of the Great Western’s 20lt;supgt;thlt;/supgt;lt;spangt; lt;/spangt;Century passenger and mixed traffic fleet. But the first railway to introduce the 4-6-0 to Britain was the Highland Railway.lt;/pgt; lt;p class="has-black-color has-text-color"gt;lt;spangt;Despite the nickname ‘Jones Goods’ that was commonly applied to the class, it was Chief Engineer David Jones’ Chief Draughtsman, David Anderson Hendrie, who suggested that the 4-6-0 arrangement, common in other countries, could work for the HR.lt;/spangt;lt;/pgt; lt;p class="has-black-color has-text-color"gt;The result was a handsome 4-6-0 with 20in by 26in cylinders, 5ft 3 1/2in diameter driving wheels and a tractive effort of 24,362lbs. The HR board authorised construction in January 1894 and Sharp Stewart of Glasgow delivered all 15 by the end of the year.lt;/pgt; lt;p class="has-black-color has-text-color"gt;Nos. 103-117 were put to work between Perth and Inverness and, aside from some minor tweaks to the draughting arrangement, were an instant success. As the Highland expanded and modified its network, the locomotives began to run north of Inverness and out to Kyle of Lochalsh as well as on the new Aviemore Direct line. Supplying the Royal Navy, based at Scapa Flow, during the First World War taxed the ‘Big Goods’ to the limit but the locomotives continued to prove their worth well into the LMS era.lt;/pgt;
 
Back to list
 
Back to list
 

iconRailways