Oliver Bulleid

[Kyle1987]

Does anyone know where i could find some info on Oliver Bulleid during his LNER days, and how much he was involved with Gresley in his loco designs. Cheers

[richard]

He is known to have had a lot of involvement with the P2s - and probably did more towards their design than Gresley. He also travelled with Cock o' the North to France for the testing.


Richard

[John B]

Kyle 1987,

There is a bit about Bulleid in this thread:

Colombo,

Yes I wholeheartedly agree about "partisan and proud of it", it is a very strange thing to even contemplate "other" railways. If an engine is not in either Doncaster apple green or possessing a strong LNER heritage then it is somehow not quite right, always and forever a little foreign and something really does seem to stick in the craw.

But, Bulleid?!?!?

Here's his biographical timeline taken from the Bulleid Society website at:

http://www.locos-in-profile.co.uk/Bulle ... _ovsb.html

21st January 1901
Joined Great Northern Railway at Doncaster as a four-year Premium Apprentice under HA Ivatt.

January 1906
First job as Personal Assistant to Webster, Locomotive Running Superintendent

January 1907
Personal Assistant to Wintour, Doncaster Works Manager.

March 1908
Test Engineer with French Westinghouse at Freinville near Paris.

June 1908
Promoted to Assistant Works Manager and Chief Draughtsman.

1912
Rejoined Great Northern Railway as Personal Assistant to Nigel Gresley (6 years his senior).

March 1919
Return to Great Northern Railway, Doncaster as Manager, Carriage and Wagon Works.

1923
At the Grouping the Great Northern becomes part of London and North Eastern Railway. Bulleid moves to London as assistant to Nigel Gresley.

1925
2-8-8-2 Garratt and P1 2-8-2 freight locomotives with boosters.
Locomotive exchange with GWR leads to long travel valves being adopted on LNER.

1934
P2 'Cock o’ the North', Kylchap double blast pipe and chimney, Lentz rotary cam poppet valves and wedge shaped front. Travels with locomotive when it goes to France for tests.

1935
A1 'Flying Scotsman' makes speed run to Leeds to test timing of new Silver Jubilee service with Bulleid on the footplate. A4 Silver Link streamlined train.

By my reckoning that's 34 years service to both the constituent companies
of and the LNER itself, sorry Colombo the man has an impeccable pedigree though I do agree it's a shame he squandered all his hard won knowledge on the Shambling Railway and the Crazy Irish Enterprise!

Thirty one spam-cans that's just priceless!

Didn't Spam cans have a key which enabled you to get inside! Ah!?!?Spam fritters too, to say nothing of the "Lumberjacks song" a la Monty Python - Ha Ha!?

Cheers
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John B

[redtoon1892]

The book you need is Bullied of the Southern written by his son H.A.V.Bullied published by Ian Allan 1977 ISBN 0 7110 0689 X