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Bulleid MN "Merchant Navy" Class 4-6-2

Technical Details

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Cylinders (3)
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Original Locos

June 1941
6 ft 2 ins
3 ft 1 in
69 ft 7¾ ins
142 tons 14 cwt
21C1 to 21C10: 5,000 gals
21C11 to 21C20: 5,100 gals
35021 to 35030: 6,000 gals
18 in x 24 in
280 lb sq in
37,514 lb
5 tons
8-P

Modified Locos

February 1956
6 ft 2 ins
3 ft 1 in
69 ft 7¾ ins
151 tons 8 cwt
5,000/5,100/5,250/6,000 gals

18 in x 24 in
250 lb sq in
33,495 lb
5 tons
8-P

SR N°	BR N°	Name	Built	Renum	Modified	AWS	W'dwn	Pres?
21C1 21C2 21C3 21C4 21C5 21C6 21C7 21C8 21C9 21C10 21C11 21C12 21C13 21C14 21C15 21C16 21C17 21C18 21C19 21C20	35001 35002 35003 35004 35005 35006 35007 35008 35009 35010 35011 35012 35013 35014 35015 35016 35017 35018 35019 35020 35021 35022 35023 35024 35025 35026 35027 35028 35029 35030	Channel Packet Union Castle Royal Mail Cunard White Star Canadian Pacific Peninsular & Oriental S. N. Co Aberdeen Commonwealth Orient Line Shaw Savill Blue Star General Steam Navigation United States Lines Blue Funnel Certum Pete Finem* Nederland Line Rotterdam Lloyd Elders Fyffes Belgian Marine British India Line French Line C. G. T. Bibby Line*** New Zealand Line Holland America Line Holland-Afrika Line East Asiatic Company Brocklebank Line Lamport & Holt Line Port Line Clan Line Ellerman Lines Elder-Dempster Lines	Feb 41 Jun 41 Sep 41 Oct 41 Dec 41 Dec 41 Jun 42 Jun 42 Jun 42 Jul 42 Dec 44 Jan 45 Feb 45 Feb 45 Mar 45 Mar 45 Apr 45 May 45 Jun 45 Jun 45 Sep 48 Oct 48 Nov 48 Nov 48 Nov 48 Dec 48 Dec 48 Dec 48 Feb 49 Apr 49	Oct 49 Jan 50 May 48 Apr 48 Apr 48# Dec 48## Dec 48 Jul 49 Aug 49 Dec 48## Nov 48 Mar 49 Jul 48 May 49 Jun 49 Oct 48 Apr 48 May 48 Apr 48** May 48##	Aug 59 May 58 Aug 59 Jul 58 May 59 Oct 59 May 58 May 57 Mar 57 Jan 57 Jul 59 Feb 57 May 56 Jul 56 Jun 58 Apr 57 Mar 57 Feb 56 May 59 Apr 56 Jun 59 Jun 56 Feb 57 Apr 59 Dec 56 Jan 57 May 57 Oct 59 Sep 59 Apr 58	Aug 59 Apr 60 Aug 59 Oct 59 Dec 60 Oct 59 Sep 59 Apr 60 Oct 60 Aug 59 May 61 Nov 59 Nov 59 Oct 59 Nov 59 Nov 59 Oct 59 Dec 60 Oct 59 Aug 59 Apr 61 Oct 59 Oct 60 Oct 59 Oct 59 Nov 59 May 60 Oct 59 Sep 59 May 60	Nov 64 Feb 64 Jul 67 Oct 65 Oct 65 Aug 64 Jul 67 Jul 67 Jul 64 Sep 66 Feb 66 Apr 67 Jul 67 Mar 67 Feb 64 Aug 65 Jul 66 Aug 64 Sep 65 Feb 65 Aug 65 May 66 Jul 67 Jan 65 Sep 64 Mar 67 Sep 66 Jul 67 Sep 66 Jul 67	Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Notes:	* * # ##	Named Blue Funnel Line but changed as above immediately after. Given S prefix in works, but renumbered as 35019 before returning to traffic. Fitted with LMS tender and long smoke deflectors in May 48 for loco exchanges but did not take part. Regular tender re-fitted June 48 Renumbered S21C5 in March 1948, this was the only MN to carry the S prefix. Tender still lettered 'Southern'.

Liveries:	BR N°	Malachite	Black	Malachite	BR Blue	BR Green
Liveries:	35001 35002 35003 35004 35005 35006 35007 35008 35009 35010 35011 35012 35013 35014 35015 35016 35017 35018 35019 35020 35021 35022 35023 35024 35025 35026 35027 35028 35029 35030	Feb 41 Jun 41 Sep 41 Oct 41 Dec 41 Dec 41	Dec 43 Jun 44 Jun 42 Jul 43 Mar 42 May 42 Jun 42 Jun 42 Jun 42 Jul 42 Dec 44 Jan 45 Feb 45 Feb 45 Mar 45 Mar 45 Apr 45 May 45 Jun 45 Jun 45	Dec 45 Jul 46 Oct 45 Apr 46 Jan 46 Sep 46 Jul 47 Aug 47 Nov 46 Jun 47 Jan 47 Apr 45 Nov 46 Nov 45 Sep 45 Jan 47 Oct 45 Aug 45 Sep 45 Aug 45 Sep 48 Oct 48 Nov 48 Nov 48 Nov 48 Dec 48** Dec 48 Dec 48 Feb 49 Apr 49	Oct 49 Jan 50 Jun 50 Oct 50 Feb 50 Mar 51 Mar 50 Jul 49 Aug 49 Nov 49 Feb 51 Aug 50 Feb 51 May 50 Jul 49 Sep 49 Jan 50 May 50 Nov 50 Jul 50 Feb 49* Sep 49 Jul 49 Apr 50 Jan 51 Feb 51 May 50	May 52 Jun 51 Aug 53 Jul 54 Feb 54 Sep 53 Dec 52 May 52 Feb 53 Nov 52 Nov 51 Jul 52 Dec 52 Aug 51 Jun 53 Mar 53 Apr 53 Jul 51 Jun 51 Jun 52 Feb 52 Feb 52 Mar 52 Jun 51 Jun 52 Jun 52 Nov 53 Jun 53 Jul 52 May 53
Notes:	*	February 49 left Eastleigh in dark blue with horizontal red bands which were amended to black and white in May 49.
	**	Turned out in unlined Malachite green

Merchant Navy allocations by shed:
B - Bournemouth			D - Dover		EJ - Exmouth Junc		NE - Nine Elms
S - Salisbury			SL - Stewarts Lane		W - Weymouth		WR - To Western Region
35001	S New	EJ autumn 42	SL Apr 46	EJ Apr 46	SL 25/1/57	NE 14/6/59	B 14/9/64
35002	S New	EJ autumn 42	B 13/5/54	EJ 22/6/54	B 6/6/58	NE 24/11/60	B 17/1/61	NE 27/1/64
35003	S New	EJ autumn 42	WR 1/1/63	NE 20/7/64	B 14/9/64	W 17/10/66
35004	S New	EJ autumn 42	S 13/11/48	EJ 4/2/50	S 1/4/57	B 14/9/64
35005	S New	EJ autumn 42	NE 13/11/48	EJ 12/5/51	NE 19/3/54	B 26/11/59	W 14/9/64
35006	S New
35007	S New	W 18/1/65	NE 17/4/67
35008	S New	B 8/2/54	EJ 20/8/54	B 10/3/60	W 17/10/66	NE 17/4/67
35009	S New	EJ 1/4/57	WR 1/1/63
35010	S New	NE 4/2/50	B 29/1/56	EJ 10/3/60	WR 1/1/63	B 14/9/64
35011	NE New	B 8/2/54	NE 13/5/54	EJ 12/6/67	B 10/3/60
35012	NE New	B 8/2/54	NE 13/5/54	W 14/9/64	NE 17/4/67
35013	NE New	EJ 19/3/54	WR 1/1/63	B 14/9/64	W 17/10/66	NE 17/4/67
35014	NE New	EJ 13/5/54	B 10/8/54	SL 4/6/55	NE 5/6/56	W 14/9/64
35015	NE New	NE Mar 45	SL 5/6/56	NE 14/6/59
35016	NE New	NE Mar 45	W 14/9/64
35017	NE New	NE Apr 45	W 14/9/64
35018	NE New	NE May 45	B 24/11/60	NE 17/1/61
35019	NE New	NE Jun 45	W 4/9/64
35020	NE New	NE Jul 45	W 14/9/64
35021	EJ New	NE 12/5/51	B 12/6/57
35022	EJ New	B 22/6/54	EJ 10/3/60	WR 1/1/63	NE 2/3/64	W 14/9/64
35023	EJ New	B 10/3/60	W 17/10/66	NE 17/4/67
35024	EJ New	B 1/5/59	NE 1/2/62	W 14/9/64
35025	B New	SL 25/3/50	EJ 19/3/52	NE 22/6/54	B 5/6/56	EJ 10/3/60	WR 1/1/63
35026	B New	SL 25/3/50	EJ 25/1/57	WR 1/1/63	NE 2/3/64	W 14/9/64
35027	B New	SL 25/3/50	B 4/6/55
35028	B New	D 29/10/49	SL 25/3/50	NE 14/6/59	W 14/9/64	NE 17/4/67
35029	B New	D 29/10/49	NE 4/6/55	W 14/9/64
35030	B New	D 29/10/49	NE 21/6/55	W 14/9/64	NE 17/4/67

This page was last updated 29 January 2008