– Part 1A – Sturrock and Stirling Engines

The Maurice Boddy Collection

BOILERS CARRIED

All engines that survived at the end of 1895 are listed. Building dates, rebuilding dates and withdrawal dates taken from Groves. Dates of other boiler changes (to 1939) taken from Doncaster Repairs Volumes.

For Stirling engines surviving at September 1939 other boiler changes taken from Yeadon Registers

Absence of a boiler number suggests no number was allocated.  In the early days its identity was associated with the engine that bore it, as prior to 1896 a boiler stayed with an engine for life.  In  1896 boilers started to migrate, but boiler numbers continued to be considered unnecessary.  Then  towards the end of 1900 it was realised there was a need to number boilers, to keep track of them.

Boiler Nos. shown thus [111] denote the boiler was allocated this number post-1901, but may or may not have actually acquired it.  The number may never have been applied to this boiler and may even have been first applied to the boiler after it had been transferred later to another engine.
Boiler Nos. shown thus (111) denote the boiler was already so numbered by the date shown.

Unless specifically stated otherwise, all boiler changes took place at Doncaster Works.

In general, minor discrepancies in dates (e.g. one month) found in published works have been ignored.

Classes covered in “GREAT NORTHERN LOCOMOTIVE HISTORY” (GROVES) PART 1

Sturrock Engines Rebuilt by Stirling

(Ivatt classes shown in brackets)

Classes covered in “GREAT NORTHERN LOCOMOTIVE HISTORY” (GROVES) PART 2

Stirling Singles

(Ivatt classes shown in brackets)

 

 

 

 

 

Groves also included the following Ivatt Classes which were a logical succession to their Stirling predecessors