Caledonian Railway Single

Caledonian Railway No. 123

Caledonian Railway no. 123 at Glasgow Museum of Transport.

Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	Neilson & Co.
Serial number	3553
Build date	1886
Total produced	1

Specifications
Configuration	4-2-2
Gauge	4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Driver dia.	7 ft 0 in (2.134 m)
Loco weight	41.35 long tons (42.01 t; 46.31 short tons)
Boiler pressure	160 psi (1.10 MPa)
Cylinders	Two, inside
Cylinder size	18 in × 26 in (457 mm × 660 mm)

Performance figures
Tractive effort	13,638 lbf (60.7 kN)

Career
Operators	Caledonian Railway → London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Power class	LMS: 1P
Numbers	CR: 123 → CR: 1123 → LMS: 14010
Withdrawn	1935
Disposition	Display, Riverside Museum, Glasgow

Caledonian Railway Single No. 123 is a preserved Scottish steam locomotive. The unique 4-2-2 was built by Neilson and Company in 1886, works No. 3553, as an exhibition locomotive. In 1914 it was placed on the Caledonian Railway duplicate list, and renumbered 1123. It entered London, Midland and Scottish Railway service in 1923 and the LMS renumbered her 14010 and gave her the power classification 1P. During the 1920s it was allocated to working the directors' saloon, but it was returned to ordinary service in 1930. The locomotive was withdrawn in 1935, by which time it was the last single-wheeled express engine running in Britain, and set aside for preservation.^[1]

Restored to steam by British Railways in 1958,^[2] it ran railtours and enthusiast specials until the end of steam in Scotland.

Modelling

Tri-Ang released a model of No.123 in the 1960s, in Caledonian livery and labelling. This model shared its chassis with the model of the Dean Single released at the same time, and was powered by its single driving wheel. Following the other styles of modelling at the time, the model was produced up until the 1970s. Later it was revived in the 1980s in LMS Crimson livery, and was subsequently released in a limited-edition pack in its Caledonian colors. In 2007, the locomotive was released in LMS Black livery, with DCC capability being added to allow the locomotive to fit the then current range. A train pack entitled 'The Last Single Wheeler' was introduced in 2010 featuring the locomotive in LMS Crimson livery again, with three LMS carriages of the time.

Preserved Service Log

The Solway Ranger Railtour - 13 June 1964
The engine is currently a static exhibit in the Riverside Museum in Pointhouse Place, Kelvinhaugh, Glasgow, to which it was moved when the former transport museum at Kelvinhall was closed.

References

↑ The observer's book of railway locomotives of Britain, revised and edited by H. C. Casserley (1962), p.30
↑ The observer's book of railway locomotives of Britain, revised and edited by H. C. Casserley (1962), p.30

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Benjamin Connor (1856–1876)	59 (2-4-0) 552 600

George Brittain (1876–1882)	1 130 140 152 179 485 486 670

Dugald Drummond (1882–1890)	66 80 123 124 171 262 264 272 294 323

Hugh Smellie (1890)	Appointed 1 September 1890. Died 19 April 1891

John Lambie (1891–1895)	1 13 19 211 538A

John F. McIntosh (1895–1914)	29 43 49 55 92 139 140 179 184 439 498 611 652 711 721 766 782 812 879 900 903

William Pickersgill (1914–1923)	60 72 113 159 191 300 431 956

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