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Locomotives - Ellerman Lines
Ellerman Lines exhibits one of the more unusual locomotive designs and in places it is not typical of steam engine design. It has been sectioned to give children and adults the chance to marvel at what complex shapes are inside a locomotive, and professional steam locomotive drivers undergoing their annual re-certification an brush up on the finer points of "lap" and "lead".
Although not everyone agrees with the cutting away of 8 tons of this locomotive to section it. It is true to say that there are many surviving examples of this type, which ensure the survival of the breed!
The drive mechanism works through a series of chain driven rollers under the locomotives driving wheels. They are driven by two 6 Kw motors fed from an 13 Kw inverter which chops the electricity up into discrete pulses enabling the motors to run very slowly on full load.
- Name: Southern Railway 4-6-2 No 35029 Ellerman Lines (sectioned)
- Class: Rebuilt Merchant Navy class
- Built: 1949, Eastleigh
- Designer: O.V. Bulleid
- Weight: 94 tonnes
- Driving wheel Diameter: 6' 2"
- Boiler Pressure: 250 lb / in 2
Locomotive inventory number 1975-7021
Photograph reference number NRM_CT_936732