Loco. No. 10 - �Naklo�

Locomotive Details:-

This steam locomotive arrived at the South Tynedale Railway, Alston, Cumbria in April 1988. It is a 70 horse power, 0-6-0 tank type �LAS� locomotive, built in 1957 by Fabryka Lokomotyw Imf Dzierzynskiego, Chrzanow, Poland, works No. 3459. This locomotive was imported from Poland, where it had worked at a sugar factory railway at Naklo.

Locomotive History:-

From 1945, all steam locomotive production in Poland was at Chrzanow, where 800 of the �LAS� type were built, between 1946 and 1959, for industrial use on 600 mm (2 ft.) and 750 mm (2 ft. 6in.) gauge lines.

This locomotive was originally built as a tank locomotive, the tender was a later addition. It was supplied new to the Wapienno Lime Works, near Szubin, it was transferred to the Znin Sugar Factory (No. 2) in 1966 and then to the Naklo Sugar Factory, near Bydgoszczn in 1977. Here it was converted to run with a tender of a typical Polish design, giving greater coal and water capacity and worked until March 1987.

Preservation:-

Following lengthy negotiations with Polish authorities, it was purchased by the South Tynedale Railway Preservation Society in 1988 and it is the only working 2 ft. gauge representative of this make in the U.K.. It arrived at the South Tynedale Railway at Alston, Cumbria on 15th April 1988. After receiving a major overhaul, it was fitted with a Polish steam air pump.

The locomotive was named �Naklo� by Dr. Janusz Kochanowski, the Consul General of the Polish Republic on 26th June 1991, prior to entering regular passenger service.

This locomotive was taken out of service in May 1998 and was completely dismantled. The boiler has had minor repairs carried out to it plus a complete retube, general overhaul and a complete rebuild with removal of the side water tanks and enlarged cab, with the back of the cab attached to the front of the tender. There is sufficient water capacity available from the water tank contained in the tender for operation.

The locomotive reentered service briefly on 21st May 2002 in primer to haul a special train for the 150th Anniversary of the Alston Branch celebrations. It was later fully repainted in Midland Railway red livery with yellow lining and lettering on the tender and has hauled passenger trains on steam days from August 2002 onwards.

Photos:-
Above: �Naklo� in original condition, photographed at Alston Station during the Steam Gala Weekend in September 1997.
Below: �Naklo� in rebuilt condition, with enlarged cab and without side water tanks, stands at the water tower at Alston station during the �Santa Special� trains in December 2002.

Loco No.10 at Alston water tower, December 2002

Dimensions and livery:-

Original dimensions of the locomotive:-
Cylinders = 9.6 in. (245 mm) x 11.8 in. (300 mm).
Fitted with Heusinger valve gear. Working pressure of 176 pounds per sq. inch.
Wheel diameter = 2 ft 1.6 in. (650 mm). Wheelbase = 5 ft 7 in. (1,700 mm).
Tractive effort at 60% of boiler pressure = 4,405 lbs. (2,000 kg).
Length = 18 ft 4 in. (5,588 mm). Width = 5ft 11in. (1,800 mm). Overall height = 8 ft 8 in. (2,650 mm).
Weight 11 tons 13 cwt empty, 15 tons 7 cwt in full working order.

Rebuilt dimensions of the locomotive:-
Weight = 10 tonnes empty, 12� tonnes in working order. Length = 18ft 6in. (5,639 mm).
Wheel diameter = 2 ft 0 in. (600 mm). Wheelbase = 5 ft 4 in. (1,626 mm).

Original dimensions of the tender:-
Weight = 2 tonnes empty, 5 tonnes in full working order. Length = 10 ft 0 in. (3,048 mm).
Width = 5 ft 3 in. (1,600 mm). Overall height = 5 ft 3 in. (1,600 mm). Wheel diameter = 1 ft 7 in. (483 mm).
Wheelbase = 4 ft 6 in. (1,372 mm).

Livery:-
Previously: Black body, red frames, wheels and buffer beams.
Presently since rebuild: Midland Railway red body with yellow lining and lettering on the tender, red buffer beams.

Other 2 foot or 600 mm gauge Chrzanow 0-6-0T steam locomotives preserved:-

Works No. 3812, built in 1958 is located at Frankfurter Feldbahnmuseum, at Am Roemerhof 15 a, D-60486 Frankfurt / Main, Germany.

Another built in 1958 is located on the Waldeisenbahn Muskau, Weisswasser, near Cottbus, Germany. This locomotive is privately owned and was viewed on a visit to this railway in May 2004 and it is not operational.

For more information about the South Tynedale Railway, please contact:-

SOUTH TYNEDALE RAILWAY PRESERVATION SOCIETY
The Railway Station, Alston, Cumbria, CA9 3JB.
Tel. 01434 381696.��Talking timetable tel. 01434 382828.
Registed Charity No. 514939.

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This page was last updated on 3rd June 2004.
�South Tynedale Railway Preservation Society 2005.

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