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G5
LOCOMOTIVE COMPANY LTD
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Our MissionTo design, build and operate an ex-North Eastern Railway Class 'O'/LNER ClassG5 0-4-4 tank locomotive. There is an increasing shortage of first class, available, steam locomotives of this size and capacity for use on Heritage railways. Most small to medium sized locomotives are over 60 years old with all of the problems associated with age. In addition, many of the preserved industrial-type locomotives are either too small or do not have the capacity to cope with longer, heavier, trains.
With the obvious exception of the “Great Central Railway”, the majority of Heritage railways are branch lines and they tend to run short to medium length trains which, if using industrial-type locomotives, often have to be double-headed. This is a costly solution which the G5 will help overcome. This locomotive was, as mentioned earlier, designed specifically as a branch line engine so will comfortably handle 4-5 bogie coaches and will, therefore, be an ideal solution for most Heritage railways. We anticipate a high demand for the services of this locomotive. Wherever it goes, the G5 will be a ‘crowd puller’ and will certainly improve the revenue streams of any heritage railway it visits. Can you help us? Do you have any cine file, videos or DVDs of G5s running in either NER, LNER or BR days that we could link to this web site? Most people have never seen a G5 'in the flesh', so any pictures of them moving will help the Company in its efforts to re-create an example from scratch. If you can help contact Peter Shields (see contact page).
All original G5 photos by permission of Neville Stead Collection. All building phase photographs by John Lewins unless otherwise stated. Webmaster: peter.shields09@gmail.com |
Last modified: 18 Jan 2011 |
