SLR Class 120 No. 133

No.133

Overview -

Propulsion:

Diesel

Loco Type:

Mainline Diesel

Gauge:

2 ft 6 in

History -

Livery:

SLR Green

Sibling Locomotives:

No.123

Manufacturing Details:

Builder:

Hudswell Clarke & Co.

(b/n) Builder's No.

D1147

Build Date:

1959

Service:

Former Operators:

Sierra Leone Government Railway

No.

133

Years in Operation:

1959 - 1975

Disposition:

Preserved: Display

Technical Specifications -

Engine(s) Type:

Mechanical

Wheel Arrangement:

Whyte Notation:

2-8-2DM

Axle No.

6

Operation:

Power Source:

Gardner 8L3 Diesel Engine

Performance Statistics:

Horsepower:

225 (Brake Horsepower)

Maximum Speed:

30 mph

No.133 is a green 2-8-2 diesel mechanical locomotive.

History[]

No.133 was built by Hudswell Clarke and company of Leeds, Yorkshire, England in the United Kingdom in 1959 for the Sierra Leone Government Railway in West Africa as part of their 120 class diesels. No.133 was originally supplied with a Paxman YHXL mk3 diesel mechanical engine and a Vulcan Sinclair Dual Fluidrive transmission with a final reduction gearbox from Bostock and Bramley.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Later in it's life No.133 was re-engined with a Gardner 8L3 diesel engine which it operated with until it's withdrawal in 1975 when the railway closed. After which No.133 was stored at the back of the Cline town carriage workshops along with other surviving pieces of rolling stock to prevent their scrapping.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

However it was feared that No.133 along with the rest of the rolling stock had been scrapped during the Sierra Leonean civil war from 1991 to 2002. However a British Army officer Colonel Steve Davies visited the workshops and found that the collection was still intact though slightly abashed as the works had been used for a refugee camp of sorts during the war.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

With help from the workshops owner and support from the Sierra Leone government and the National Railway museum of the United Kingdom they established the Sierra Leone National Railway Museum (SLNRM) in 2005. Currently No.133 is on display having been restored and still carries it's Gardner 8L3 diesel engine.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Trivia[]

No.133 is the youngest exhibit in the SLNRM's collection at present.

Bibliography[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 https://www.paxmanhistory.org.uk/hi-dyne.htm
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 http://www.leedsengine.info/leeds/locolist.asp
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 https://www.facebook.com/sierraleonerailwaymuseum/posts/4124829294222568
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 https://www.sierraleonerailwaymuseum.org/the-collection
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae8716_42a696b576ff4b0393369d00c71cefc9.jpg/v1/fill/w_440,h_581,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/ae8716_42a696b576ff4b0393369d00c71cefc9.jpg
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 ^6.3 "The Narrow Gauge" Issue 74 ^{(Winter of 1976/7)} - http://www.ngrs.org/downloads/TNG.1-100/tng74-winter-1976.pdf

Preserved Sierra Leonean Locomotives
Sierra Leone Government Railway (SLR)	0-4-0ST	No. 10 'Nellie'
	Class 81	No. 81 • No. 85 (W&LLR No. 14)
	Class 63	No. 73
	Class 101	No. 105 • No. 107
	Class 120	No. 123 • No. 133

[:0-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 https://www.paxmanhistory.org.uk/hi-dyne.htm

[:1-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 http://www.leedsengine.info/leeds/locolist.asp

[:2-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 https://www.facebook.com/sierraleonerailwaymuseum/posts/4124829294222568

[:3-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 https://www.sierraleonerailwaymuseum.org/the-collection

[:4-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae8716_42a696b576ff4b0393369d00c71cefc9.jpg/v1/fill/w_440,h_581,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/ae8716_42a696b576ff4b0393369d00c71cefc9.jpg

[:5-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 ^6.3 "The Narrow Gauge" Issue 74 ^{(Winter of 1976/7)} - http://www.ngrs.org/downloads/TNG.1-100/tng74-winter-1976.pdf

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