Bulleid's "Leader"

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Kyle1987
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Bulleid's "Leader"

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I am a big fan of the LNER, but after reading about Oliver Bulleid's "Leader" class loco I was intrigued. However, i have been unable to find any information, or (more importantly, lol) pictures. Does anyone know where I may be able to find this info?

Thanks every1, Kyle

(PS: I am in Australia, so the library offers little help)
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A page with a photo here

http://www.dself.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/L ... leader.htm

Not very aesthetically pleasing is she? :shock:
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Post by Kyle1987 »

Definitely one of the strangest looking steam locos ive ever seen! Still, i would love to see a kit come out...
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lol not one of the southern regions most pleasing locos to look at but would make an interesting model. I prefer the 10201-03 series for looks and modelling potential
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Post by richard »

There of course, is another big "What if..."

What if Bulleid had stayed on with the LNER? He would then be the natural person to take over when Gresley died...

The Bulleid Pacifics may not have happened, but perhaps something resembling the Q1 and the Leader? - but in LNER colours



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Post by Colombo »

Sorry to come in so late on this thread.

I can recommend the following book:

Leader: Steam's Last Chance (ISBN: 0862993768)
Robertson, Kevin

Abe books have several on offer.

The big problem with Leader was that it used huge quantities of lubricating oil for the gear boxes. It was estimated that the lube oil cost about as much as the fuel for a diesel loco on the same journey. Alas it threw oil all over the track.

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Plus of course the horrendous conditions the fireman had to suffer?

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David,

Yes indeed, the fireman had very little room to move around. I think that the loco would have been more suited to oil firing.

Also the loco came out 30 tons over weight, partly because it was carrying 2.5 tons of ballast weights to compensate for the boiler being offset over the frames. And finally it was only designed to replace the M7s on the western division.

The faults in the initial design were such that he could never have progressed any further without starting again from scratch. Amazingly OVSB then went off to Ireland and built the turf burner for the CIE.

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Bulleid's Leader

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For more info about the Leader, try here:

http://semg.org.uk/steam/leader_01.html

Thank goodness for the web.
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