The Andrew Barclay Works No 1550 named Sir James is a GF10 class 0-6-0F fireless steam locomotive that sits on static display at the Devil’s Porridge Museum in Scotland.
History[]
Built by Andrew Barclay for the War Department to work at the HM Factory at Gretna. It was delivered there in September 1917 along with Works No 1549. Works Nos 1551 – 1554 were delivered in October and November 1917.
Being fireless locomotives they had a steam accumulator rather than a boiler and which was charged up with steam from a stationary boiler. It also meant that there was no chance of it starting a fire.
The locomotive then entered preservation as a static exhibit at the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway where it arrived in 1982.
In 2011 the locomotive returned to its home ground when it was acquired by the Devil’s Porridge Museum. The rusting locomotive was then restored and placed on static display in 2014 where it has located ever since.
Trivia[]
- All were fireless of the same design.
- It had 14½ inch x 18 inch outside cylinders and 3 feet diameter driving wheels. The tractive effort was 14,744 lbf and it weighed 26 tons. It was capable of hauling ten loaded wagons at speeds of up to 15 mph.