The Kitson Still Locomotive

[ahardy]

Morning all,

As part of my latest university work I am undertaking a study of the Kitson Still locomotive, covering the concept, design, building, trials and intended work.

Research is in the early stages at present, but I was wondering if any members of this forum had seen or read on details on the locomotive, especially reports in contemporary sources etc.

I have the papers read by Kitson and others to the Institue of Mechanical Engineers and the Institute of Locomotive Engineers, along with various other books and articles, but I am always looking for more information, especially details on trains the locomotive ran, formation and location etc. I have located the origingal Dynamometer car rolls for some of the tests, so hope to be ableto give my own analysis on theese. Interestingly, I have found definitive evidence that Gresley visited the Airdale Foundry and inspected the locomotive whilst it was on rollers and before final completion.

Im also looking for images of the locomotive. I believe the SLS may have some, but does anyone know of any in collections, books etc that I may be able to use?

Many thanks

Andy

[Saint Johnstoun]

TRY YOUR SEARCH ENGINE ON THE WEB FOR KITSONS - YOU WILL FIND INFORMATION THERE AND PHOTOS.

[ahardy]

Many thanks for that reply, I had thought of using a web search engine!!

I was hoping that the learned members of this forum may have read something or seen soemthing that I have not.

Anyway, for anyone interested, I spent some more time at the NRM and looked through the digitised LNER Mags and found a few entrys, confirming the Kitson Still attended an exhibition at Leeds New Station in aid of chairty.

Various sources state the loco ran a regular freight service from York to Hull. Does anyone know any details of this train, how long it ran it for or does anyone know where I may find such information. During this time it was based at York, would it show up on any allocations etc?

Hopefully later I will post a photo I have been sent, im unsure of the location, so hopefully someone can help me out.

Many thanks

Andy

[LNER Fan 60008]

http://www.aqpl43.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/ ... tsonst.htm

Is this any use? That guy has other strange locomotives on his site, too.

[StevieG]

I'm sure I remember an atricle about this loco, with photo of it looking in clean or new condition in a Works somewhere, in a book I had about fifty years ago, probably a Trains Illustrated Annual of around 1959-1963 (which would've been published by Ian Allan).

[cambois]

StevieG

You got my memory going. It is an article by Ken Hoole in the 1959 Trains Annual book. Page 88 It is a less than 2 page piece with one photo probably outside a workshop looking very shiny and clean. There is a jib of a rail crane behind. There is a short piece on a York - Hull via Beverley run with a dynamometer car. I did nbot understand it when I was a kid, and I am not sure I do now