J94 68013 Saddletank swapped?
Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 12:41 am
I have been studying the J94's for some time now and have noticed that 68013 seemed to have aquired a Hudswell Clarke
saddletank sometime before 1960. 68013 was built by Hunslet and would have standard shaped handrail knobs on the tank
but the phototographs i have seen of this loco after 1960 show it to have handrail pillars made of plain round bar. These
were not fitted to Hunslet built locos but were fitted to Austerities built by Bagnalls, Barclays, Hudswell Clarke, Robert Stephenson
and Hawthorns, and Vulcan Foundry. Hudswell Clarke built Austerities were also fiitted with two triangular shaped lifting lugs on
the tops of the tank.
Would it have been possible that 68013 swapped tanks with a Hudswell clarke built J94? 68063 would seem the most likely
candidate as it was in Gorton Works at the same time as 68013 in 1953 (according to Yeadons) and a photo taken of 68063
in 1952 shows it had not been fitted with the extra step and angled handrail on the tank which 68013 also lacked.
Has anyone got a photograph of 68063 taken after March 1953 which would shed light on this matter?
saddletank sometime before 1960. 68013 was built by Hunslet and would have standard shaped handrail knobs on the tank
but the phototographs i have seen of this loco after 1960 show it to have handrail pillars made of plain round bar. These
were not fitted to Hunslet built locos but were fitted to Austerities built by Bagnalls, Barclays, Hudswell Clarke, Robert Stephenson
and Hawthorns, and Vulcan Foundry. Hudswell Clarke built Austerities were also fiitted with two triangular shaped lifting lugs on
the tops of the tank.
Would it have been possible that 68013 swapped tanks with a Hudswell clarke built J94? 68063 would seem the most likely
candidate as it was in Gorton Works at the same time as 68013 in 1953 (according to Yeadons) and a photo taken of 68063
in 1952 shows it had not been fitted with the extra step and angled handrail on the tank which 68013 also lacked.
Has anyone got a photograph of 68063 taken after March 1953 which would shed light on this matter?