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Irish Narrow Gauge - Locomotives - Hudswell, Clarke

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Hudswell, Clarke & Co.

• 1860: founded by William S. Hudswell (ex Kitson), John Clarke (ex Kitson, works manager)
• works: Railway Foundry, Leeds
• 1870: name changed to Hudswell, Clarke & Rodgers
• 1880: name changed to Hudswell, Clarke & Co.
• books:
  • The Railway Foundry, Leeds 1839 - 1969, Ronald Nelson Redman, Published 1972 Goose & Son (Norwich)
  • the works list by Clive Hardy, published 1982.
• William Hudswell is mentioned as being the former leading draughtsman at Kitson, Thompson and Hewitson. They bought part of the Railway Foundry estate (formerly run by E. B. Wilson & Co.), and started a general engineering company. The company traded as Hudswell Clark and Rodgers for ten years from 1870. It was taken over by the Trind Group in 1968, and the locomotive patterns, drawings and goodwill was sold to Hunslets in 1972.
• documents:
  • Armley Mills Industrial Museum
  • National Railway Museum Library and Archives

Hudswell, Clarke: No.518 4-6-2T

• specs:
  • weight: 41Tons
  • cylinders: 15"x22"
  • driving wheels: 45"
  • working pressure: 150psi
• 1899: LLSR 5(second) "Carn Engine"
• 1913: LLSR renumbered 15
• 1954: scrapped
• photos: [INGV2 b-5-p6-1953.04.20 b-5-p66-1953.06 b-5-p67-1950.05.19 b-5-p72-1952.07.21 b-6-p66-1948.04.19 b-6-p67-1930.10.06 b-6-p57- b-7-p74-1953.04.20 b-7-p74- ]
  [LLSRF: b-5-p34-1930.08.06 b-5-p22-1953.04.20 b-5-p24-1953.04 b-5-p24-1953.04 b-5-p25-1952.07.21 b-5-p28-1953.04 b-6-p26- b-5-p14- b-5-p14-1953.04 b-5-p15-1953 b-5-p6-1953 b-6-p11-1953.04 b-6-p22-1953 b-7-p9-1950.05.19 b-7-p12- ]

Hudswell, Clarke: No.519 4-6-2T

• specs:
  • weight: 41Tons
  • cylinders: 15"x22"
  • driving wheels: 45"
  • working pressure: 150psi
• 1899: LLSR 6(second) "Carn Engine"
• 1913: LLSR renumbered 16
• 1953: scrapped
• photos: [LLSRF: b-7-p35-1937.06.24 b-5-fc-1938.05 b-5-p11-1938.05 ]

Hudswell, Clarke: No.562 4-6-2T

• specs:
  • weight: 41Tons
  • cylinders: 15"x22"
  • driving wheels: 45"
  • working pressure: 150psi
• 1901: LLSR 8
• 1913: ?renumbered
• 1954: scrapped
• photos: [INGV2 b-5-p67-1948 b-7-p60-1951 ]
  [LLSRF: b-5-p35-1938.05.06 b-5-fc-1938.05 b-5-p11-1938.05 b-5-p17-1953.04 b-5-p20-1953.04 b-6-p13-1948 b-6-p16- b-6-p18-1940? b-6-p20-1953.04 b-7-p12- ]

Hudswell, Clarke: No.577 4-6-2T

• specs:
  • weight: 41Tons
  • cylinders: 15"x22"
  • driving wheels: 45"
  • working pressure: 150psi
• 1901: LLSR 7 "King Edward VII"
• 1940: scrapped
• photos: [INGV2 b-6-p68-1920.05 b-7-p60- ]
  [LLSRF: b-7-p35- ]

Hudswell, Clarke: No.698 2-6-0T, 2-6-2T

• specs: 2-6-0T
  • weight: 28½Tons
  • cylinders: 13½"x18"
  • driving wheels: 37"
  • working pressure: 150psi (originally 160psi)
  • leading wheels: 1'8½"
  • wheelbase: 4'0" + 3'4" + 3'8" = 11'0"
  • brake: Westinghouse
  • grate area: 9¼ sq ft
  • heating surface: 54.0 + 542.4 sq ft
  • tank capacity: 600 gal
  • bunker capacity (inside): ¾ ton, (32 cubic ft)
  • boiler: 3'3" x 9'10"
  • boiler tubes: 120 x 1¾" dia
  • height: 10'3"
  • max width: 6'6"
  • overall length: 26'2"
  • tractive effort (85%): 12,058 lb
  • weight:
    • empty: 21 tons
    • working order: 25½ tons
• 1904: C&VBT 4
• builders photo: [CVBTP b-6-p47-1904 ]
• 1934.10: sold to CVR 4(second)
• 1936: converted to 2-6-2T at Aughnacloy workshops specs:
  • bunker capacity: 1½ tons
  • trailing wheels: 2'6"
  • weight (working order): 28½ tons
  • wheelbase: 16'6"
• 1942: scrapped
• photos: [INGV2 b-7-p19-1936 b-6-p117-0930.10.06 b-7-p116- b-7-p118- b-5-p71 ]
  [NLE6L: b-6-p5- ]
  [CVREP b-6-p89-1937 b-6-p90- b-6-p33-1937.06.24 b-6-p33-1935 ]
  [CVBTP b-7-p22- b-6-p36-1924 b-7-p48- b6-p48-1930.08.07 b6-p49-1934 b6-p50-1934 b6-p51-1937.06.25 ]
  [DCVJJ b-5-p20- ]
• drawings: [NLE6L: e-4-d4- ]
  [CVBTP e-6-p79- ]

Hudswell, Clarke: No.746 4-8-0

• specs:
  • weight: 58½Tons
  • cylinders: 15½"x22"
  • driving wheels: 45"
  • working pressure: 170psi
• 1905: LLSR 11
• 1933: scrapped
• modelling:
  • 4mm scale kit from Backwoods Miniatures

Hudswell, Clarke: No.747 4-8-0

• specs:
  • weight: 58½Tons
  • cylinders: 15½"x22"
  • driving wheels: 45"
  • working pressure: 170psi
• 1905: LLSR 12
• 1954: scrapped
• photos: [IRHOS: b-4-p88-1937.06.24 ]
  [INGV2 b-5-p75-1937.06 b-5-p76-1937.06 b-6-p75-1937.06 b-5-p72-1937.06.24 b-7-p68-1920.05 b-5-p65-1937.06.24 b-5-p63- ]
  [LLSRF: b-5-p28-1953.04 b-5-p29- b-5-p31-1937.06.24 b-5-p32-1937.06 b-5-p33-1937.06.24 b-5-p38-1953.04 b-6-p33-1937.06.24 b-6-p38- b-5-fc-1938.05 b-5-p11-1938.05 ]
• modelling:
  • 4mm scale kit from Backwoods Miniatures

Hudswell, Clarke: No.914 0-4-4T

• specs:
  • weight (in working order): 29 tons 15 cwt
  • cylinders: 14"x20"
  • driving wheels: 40"
  • working pressure: 160psi
  • bogie wheels: 2'0"
  • wheelbase: 5'3" + 5'3" + 4'0"
  • grate area: 12¼ sq ft
  • heating surface: 57 + 548 sq ft
  • tank capacity: 700 gallons
  • bunker capacity: 1¼ tons
  • axle loading: 9t 0c 0q + 9t 2c 0q + (11t 12c 3q)
• 1907: CVR 7 "Blessingbourne"
• 1935: scrapped
• photos: [IRHOS: b-5-p94-1929.09.18 ]
  [INGV2 b-6-p19-1929.09.18 b-6-p18- ]
  [CVREP b-5-p18-1912 ]
  [DCVJJ b-5-p14-1912 ]

Hudswell, Clarke: No.978 0-4-4T

• specs:
  • weight: 26.15Tons
  • cylinders: 12½"x18"
  • driving wheels: 37"
  • trailing wheels: 2'0½"
  • wheelbase: 5'6"+4'11"+3'9"
  • valve gear: Stephenson's
  • heating surface: 48.7+460=508.7 sq ft
  • tubes: 102 x 1¾"
  • tractive effort: 10,388 lbs
  • grate area: 9 sq ft
  • weight:
    • empty: 20½ tons
    • in working order: 24½ tons
  • tanks (side), total capacity: 510 gallons
  • bunker capacity: 35 cu ft
  • working pressure: 160psi
• 1912: C&VBT 5
• builders photo: [CVBTP b-6-p52- ]
• 1934: scrapped
• photos: [IRHOS: b-5-p95-1930.04.07 ]
  [INGV2 b-7-p118- b-5-p117-1930.10.07 b-6-p117-0930.10.06 b-7-p116- b-7-p118- b-7-p118- ]
  [CVBTP b-7-p19 b-7-p25-1924.05.21 b-6-p36-1930.08.07 b-6-p41-1934 b-6-p52-1930.08.06 b-6-p53-1932 b-6-p53-1924.05.21 ]
• drawings: [CVBTP e-6-p80- ]

Hudswell, Clarke: No.985 4-8-4T

• specs:
  • weight: 53¾Tons
  • cylinders: 16"x20"
  • driving wheels: 45"
  • working pressure: 180psi
• 1912: LBER 5, LLSR 5(third)
• 1954: scrapped: [LLSRF: b-7-p41-1954.05.29 ]
• photos: [IRHOS: b-5-p90-1930.08.06 ]
  [INGV2 b-6-p64-1953.04 b-5-p65-1930.10.06 ]
  [LLSRF: b-5-p40-1950.05.19 b-5-p41-1930.08 b-7-p41-1953 ]
• motion, front bogie details: [LLSRF: b-7-p41-1950 ]
• drawings: [NLE6L: e-3-d1- ]

Hudswell, Clarke: No.986 4-8-4T

• specs:
  • weight: 53¾Tons
  • cylinders: 16"x20"
  • driving wheels: 45"
  • working pressure: 180psi
• 1912: LBER 6, LLSR 6(third)
• 1954: scrapped
• photos: [LLSRF: b-5-p40- ]
• drawings: [NLE6L: e-3-d1- ]

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