Sierra Leone ~for the rail enthusiast.

SG190a cancelled in 1946 on the TPO Freetown to Bo
http://cjoint.com/data/jxoU2eYFBu.htm

The TPO Sierra Leone
http://www.sierra-leone.org/Postcards/SL857897.jpg

Construction commenced from Freetown in 1896, and the first section of railway was
opened to Wellington (7 miles) by March 1897. Subsequent openings we

Waterloo, April 1898
Songo (32 miles/51.5 km) 1899
Rotifunk (56 miles/90.1 km) 1900
Bo (103 miles/165.8 km) 1903
Baiima (220 miles/354 km) 1905
Pendembu (227.5 miles/366 km) 1907


I also have a TPO Freetown to Pedembu.

The National rail was all narrow guage, and the rail system was entirely shut down 1974

Rodney

The postcard refers to British Railways ( ex-LMS ) "Jubilee" class
4-6-0 no 45627 Sierra Leone ( class built from 1934 onwards ).

Giving my age away, I remember as a teenager seeing these locomotives
in revenue service on the Liverpool-Newcastle expresses near my home
in Yorkshire.

The first locomotive was named "Silver Jubilee" to commemorate the
event ( in 1935 ) and the following few were named after Colonies and
Dominions until the names ran out, famous Naval Officers, battles and
warships followed.

FYI

45563 Australia
45564 New South Wales
45565 Victoria
45566 Queensland
45567 South Australia
45568 Western Australia
45569 Tasmania

Full of useless information aren't I ?

Malcolm

On Sep 23, 10:04*am, wrote:
Rodney

The postcard refers to British Railways ( ex-LMS ) "Jubilee" class
4-6-0 no 45627 Sierra Leone ( class built from 1934 onwards ).

Giving my age away, I remember as a teenager seeing these locomotives
in revenue service on the Liverpool-Newcastle expresses near my home
in Yorkshire.

The first locomotive was named "Silver Jubilee" to commemorate the
event ( in 1935 ) and the following few were named after Colonies and
Dominions until the names ran out, famous Naval Officers, battles and
warships followed.

FYI

45563 Australia
45564 New South Wales
45565 Victoria
45566 Queensland
45567 South Australia
45568 Western Australia
45569 Tasmania

Full of useless information aren't I ?

Malcolm


Malcolm:

What do you mean useless information?
Wash your mouth out with soap.

Here is her smoke box number plate
http://www.railwayanapage.com/images/45627.jpg

Built at London Midland & Scottish Railway's
Crewe Works in 1934 (Lot 112).

/* PEDANT mode on
Number Name
45552 Silver Jubilee
45553 Canada
45554 Ontario
45555 Quebec
45556 Nova Scotia
45557 New Brunswick
45558 Manitoba
45559 British Columbia
45560 Prince Edward Island
45561 Saskatchewan
45562 Alberta
45563 Australia
45564 New South Wales
45565 Victoria
45566 Queensland
45567 South Australia
45568 Western Australia
45569 Tasmania
45570 New Zealand
45571 South Africa
45572 Eire previously named Irish Free State
45573 Newfoundland
45574 India
45575 Madras
45576 Bombay
45577 Bengal
45578 United Provinces
45579 Punjab
45580 Burma
45581 Bihar and Orissa
45582 Central Provinces
45583 Assam
45584 North West Frontier
45585 Hyderabad
45586 Mysore
45587 Baroda
45588 Kashmir
45589 Gwalior
45590 Travercore
45591 Udaipur
45592 Indore
45593 Kolhapur
45594 Bhopal
45595 Southern Rhodesia
45596 Bahamas
45597 Barbados
45598 Basutoland
45599 Bechuanaland
45600 Bermuda
45601 British Guiana
45602 British Honduras
45603 Solomon Islands
45604 Ceylon
45605 Cyprus
45606 Falkland Islands
45607 Fiji
45608 Gibraltar
45609 Gilbert and Ellis Islands
45610 Ghana previously named Gold Coast
45611 Hong Kong
45612 Jamaica
45613 Kenya
45614 Leeward Islands
45615 Malay States
45616 Malta G.C. previously named Malta
45617 Mauritius
45618 New Hebrides
45619 Nigeria
45620 North Borneo
45621 Northern Rhodesia
45622 Nyasaland
45623 Palestine
45624 St. Helena
45625 Sarawak
45626 Seychelles
45627 Sierra Leone
45628 Somaliland
45629 Straits Settlements
45630 Swaziland
45631 Tanganyika
45632 Tonga
45633 Aden previously named Trans-Jordan
45634 Trinidad
45635 Tobago
45636 Uganda
45637 Windward Islands
45638 Zanzibar
45639 Raleigh
45640 Frobisher
45641 Sandwich
45642 Boscawen
45643 Rodney
45644 Howe
45645 Collingwood
45646 Napier
45647 Sturdee
45648 Wemyss
45649 Hawkins
45650 Blake
45651 Shovell
45652 Hawke
45653 Barham
45654 Hood
45655 Keith
45656 Cochrane
45657 Tyrwhitt
45658 Keyes
45659 Drake
45660 Rooke
45661 Vernon
45662 Kempenfelt
45663 Jervis
45664 Nelson
45665 Lord Rutherford of Nelson
45666 Cornwallis
45667 Jellicoe
45668 Madden
45669 Fisher
45670 Howard of Effingham
45671 Prince Rupert
45672 Anson
45673 Keppel
45674 Duncan
45675 Hardy
45676 Codrington
45677 Beatty
45678 De Robeck
45679 Armada
45680 Camperdown
45681 Aboukir
45682 Trafalgar
45683 Hogue
45684 Jutland
45685 Barfleur
45686 St. Vincent
45687 Neptune
45688 Polyphemus
45689 Ajax
45690 Leander
45691 Orion
45692 Cyclops
45693 Agamemnon
45694 Bellerophon
45695 Minotaur
45696 Arethusa
45697 Achillies
45698 Mars
45699 Galatea
45700 Amethyst Previously named Britannia
45701 Conqueror
45702 Colossus
45703 Thunderer
45704 Leviathan
45705 Seahorse
45706 Express
45707 Valiant
45708 Resolution
45709 Implacable
45710 Irresistible
45711 Courageous
45712 Victory
45713 Renown
45714 Revenge
45715 Invincible
45716 Swiftsure
45717 Dauntless
45718 Dreadnought
45719 Glorious
45720 Indomitable
45721 Impregnable
45722 Defence
45723 Fearless
45724 Warspite
45725 Repulse
45726 Vindictive
45727 Inflexible
45728 Defiance
45729 Furious
45730 Ocean
45731 Persevereance
45732 Sanspareil
45733 Novelty
45734 Meteor
45735 Comet
45736 Phoenix
45737 Atlas
45738 Samson
45739 Ulster
45740 Munster
45741 Leinster
45742 Connaught

PEDANT mode off*/


Jubilee class 45627 'Sierra Leone' heads south near Lancaster on
September 14th 1964.
http://www.derbysulzers.com/45627lancaster64.jpg

Blair

G'day all,
not useless information, Malcolm, right you be,
how could have that been Sierra Leone?
It was narrow guage, I posted the incorrect link,
I'll return later with the adjacent postcard, the rolling stock in SL
had "window shades" ?
I can see some latent "railway fanciers" on this NG,
I picked this book up for $1 at a car boot sale,
but confess I have yet to open it .
http://cjoint.com/data/jyaLWnMF2M.htm



wrote in message ...
Rodney

The postcard refers to British Railways ( ex-LMS ) "Jubilee" class
4-6-0 no 45627 Sierra Leone ( class built from 1934 onwards ).

Giving my age away, I remember as a teenager seeing these locomotives
in revenue service on the Liverpool-Newcastle expresses near my home
in Yorkshire.

The first locomotive was named "Silver Jubilee" to commemorate the
event ( in 1935 ) and the following few were named after Colonies and
Dominions until the names ran out, famous Naval Officers, battles and
warships followed.

FYI

45563 Australia
45564 New South Wales
45565 Victoria
45566 Queensland
45567 South Australia
45568 Western Australia
45569 Tasmania

Full of useless information aren't I ?

Malcolm

On Sep 23, 6:40*pm, "rodney" pookiethai@NOSPAM iprimus.com.au wrote:
G'day all,
not useless information, Malcolm, right you be,
how could have that been Sierra Leone?
It was narrow guage, I posted the incorrect link,
I'll return later with the adjacent postcard, the rolling stock in SL
had "window shades" ?
I can see some latent "railway fanciers" on this NG,
I picked this book up for $1 at a car boot sale,
but confess I have yet to open it .http://cjoint.com/data/jyaLWnMF2M.htm



Ahah! lads, he is hooked. I started innocently too, and my railway
cover side collection is just nearing one thousand covers now.

Blair

Hah!
don't you even suggest that Blair, you Heliogabalus!
Forsooth, 'tis Travancore alone, that hath won my passion,
bucolic, yes, but unlike the soporific rail roadies, at least hath
some semblance of a beginning and an end.

Here, take this "railroad" and begone with you
http://cjoint.com/data/jye3ANHKU3.htm

(Hejaz, stucco work over entrance to Cairo railway station) Pshaw!



"Blair"
Ahah! lads, he is hooked. I started innocently too, and my railway
cover side collection is just nearing one thousand covers now.

Blair

This may be better Malcolm,
the Caboose with (probably) the TPO section.
http://www.sierra-leone.org/Postcards/SLNEW9041.jpg

Thanks for the correction.



Rodney

The postcard refers to British Railways ( ex-LMS ) "Jubilee" class
4-6-0 no 45627 Sierra Leone ( class built from 1934 onwards ).

"Blair"
What do you mean useless information?
Wash your mouth out with soap.

.............and so should the maker of theis list. Travercore? Travercore!
My goodness, the offence is unforgiveable.
Transport him by ship to the dominions.

What's more, I don't see a 'Barwani' in that list either.

T

rodney wrote:
"Blair"
What do you mean useless information?
Wash your mouth out with soap.

............and so should the maker of theis list. Travercore? Travercore!
My goodness, the offence is unforgiveable.
Transport him by ship to the dominions.

This is outrageous! what were they thinking?

(with a name like "impregnable" one can only guess what they did with their spare time)

What's more, I don't see a 'Barwani' in that list either.
T

rodney wrote:
"Blair"
What do you mean useless information?
Wash your mouth out with soap.

............and so should the maker of theis list. Travercore? Travercore!
My goodness, the offence is unforgiveable.
Transport him by ship to the dominions.