No.41313 // Credit Jamie Duggan, RailAdvent
Ivatt tank locomotive No. 41313 will be a guest locomotive at The Spa Valley Railway’s ‘Southern Steam Up’ event on 17th and 18th of June.
This event will celebrate 100 years since the formation of the Southern Railway. Over the weekend, the Spa Valley Railway, based at Tunbridge Wells in Kent, plans to have a number of Southern steam engines in operation.
Although a Midland Region design of locomotive, 41313 spent all its working life on the Southern Region of British Railways and is currently based on the Isle of Wight Steam Railway.
257 SquadronTunbridge Wells West.
Steam locomotive 41313 is 2-6-2 tank locomotive that was designed by George Ivatt for the London Midland and Scottish Railway and built at the company’s Crewe Works in 1952. When new it was allocated to Exmouth Junction, then transferred to Three Bridges, Horsham, and Brighton, before spending its last days on British Railways at Eastleigh.
Besides the Southern locomotives appearing at Spa Valley Railway’s ‘Southern Steam Up Event’ there will be Caledonian Railway No. 828 and Hunslet. Caledonian Railway No. 828 is an 0-6-0 tender engine of the Caledonian Railway’s 812 Class and was built in 1899. It is the sole survivor of a class that once numbered 79 and was built at the company’s St. Rollox works in Glasgow.
Further details about the Southern Steam Up Event can be found online at www.spavalleyrailway.co.uk
