“Five engines which received the G. N. R. Nos. 162 to 166 were also purchased a year or two later. Engine No. 162 was purchased from a Yorkshire line, and was originally built by Messrs. Kitson. No. 163 was a standard Hawthorn double-framed goods, with 5-ft. driving wheels and 16-in. by 24-in. cylinders, built in 1850. Nos. 164 and 165 were standard Wilson goods engines of similar dimensions to No, 168, described and illustrated in fig 16, and were built in 1852. No. 166 was a single-framed goods engine, built by Messrs. Shepherd & Todd, of Leeds, in 1850, with 16-in. by 24-in. cylinders and 5-ft. driving wheels, each of which was built up of a solid disc instead of with spokes. It had single inside frames, the coupling rods being connected directly with the wheels with crank pins.
All these engines came from the Yorkshire railway already referred to, and did good service. No. 165 was lately running at Bradford, and more recently still was stationed at Ardsley, and is the oldest goods engine on the G. N. R.”
More Notes
- Groves notes that No. 165 survived many years, and was not withdrawn until February 1900.
- The illustration on this page is of the 168 Class, which Bird notes in his text was similar to these goods engines.
