CBSCR Baldwin saddle tank

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|powertype = Steam

|image = CB&SCR Baldwin 6-coupled 8-wheeled saddle tank No. 19.png

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|builder = Burnam & Williams

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|serialnumber = 18027–8

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|builddate = {{start date and age|1900}}

|totalproduction = 2

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|operator = Cork, Bandon and South Coast Railway

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|fleetnumbers = 19, 20

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|withdrawndate = 1912 (20), sometime after 1914 (19)

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|disposition = Both scrapped

|notes={{sfn|Rowledge|1993|p=86}}{{sfn|Shepherd|2005|pp=148–9}}

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The CB&SCR Baldwin saddle tank was a class of two of {{Whyte|0-6-2|ST}} locomotives purchased by the Cork, Bandon and South Coast Railway (CB&SCR), being the first purchase of locomotives for Ireland from America.{{Sfn|Shepherd|2005|p=109}}{{efn|According to Rowledge's 1993 register these were the only steam locomotives built in America for Ireland; it seems probable the next supply from America were the CIÉ 121 Class diesels in 1961}} They were not very successful, with a service life of 14 years or less.

History

In January 1900, supply from British builders proving expensive with quotes between £3,000 and £3,600 in the context of a time of high demand and strikes, so the CB&SCR accepted an offer to supply two goods locomotives at a cost of £2,575 from Burnham Williams & Co (Baldwins), the first purchase of a locomotive for Ireland from America.{{sfn|Shepherd|2005|p=109}} The first was under trial by October but there were problems with its heavy weight and weak frames, and a compensation of £100 from Baldwins was accepted.{{sfn|Shepherd|2005|p=109}} The railway decided to alter the brake blocks, which all applied to the front of each driving wheel, so that the last pair had the blocks applied on the rear.{{sfn|Shepherd|2005|p=109}} Other alterations included replacing "annoying" whistles, open footsteps with "standard" Bandon ones, and the relocation of sandboxes from the saddle tank.{{sfn|Shepherd|2005|p=109}} A. J. Chisholm, writing in the Railway Magazine said he had observed No. 19 of them shunting in Cork and described it as an "ungainly looking machine" and terming it a "Yankee".{{sfn|Chisholm|1901|pp=55–60}}

By 1908 chief engineer Johnstone (junior) doubted the locomotives would last four more years, No. 20 being sold for scrap in 1912, while No. 19 was noted in traffic hauling a special goods in 1914.{{sfn|Chisholm|1901|pp=55–60}} Shepherd remarks "whilst the purchase of these engines was regarded as a necessity at the time, they proved to be a poor bargain."{{sfn|Shepherd|2005|p=109}}

References

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{{cite magazine|last=Chisholm|first=A.J.|date=1901|title=A run with an Irish excursion train: an account of how the Cork, Bandon and South Coast Railway conducts its excursion traffic

|magazine=The Railway Magazine|volume=11|pages=55–60

|url=https://www.corklocalstudies.ie/files/original/fd2e4aede9b4d7e322865bc31cf3f9ed.pdf|via=Creedon @ Cork local}}

{{cite book|last=Rowledge|first=J. W. Peter|date=1993|title=Irish Steam Loco Register

|isbn=9780947773335|publisher=Irish Traction Group|location=Stockport, England|oclc=30815253}}

{{cite book|last=Shepherd |first=Ernie |year=2005 |title=Cork, Bandon & South Coast Railway

|location=Hinckley |publisher=Midland Publishing |isbn=1-85780-198-9 |oclc=57062763}}

Category:Baldwin locomotives

Category:0-6-2T locomotives

Category:Steam locomotives of Ireland

Category:5 ft 3 in gauge locomotives

Category:Railway locomotives introduced in 1900

Category:Scrapped locomotives