LMS Route: Stratford Midland Junction - The Shakespeare Route

SMJ Locomotives: smjsa79

SMJ 0-6-0 No 16, seen here on shed adjacent to a SMJ loco coal wagon, was the last of the three (SMJ No 14 to 16) Beyer Peacock 0-6-0 locomotives delivered between 1903 to 1906. The three locomotives were able to handle up to 35 wagons and between Olney and Broom only had to stop for water at Byfield and were considered just as useful on passenger services. Number 16 was subject to the fitting of Isaacson's valve gear in 1910 thought to have occurred to follow its use on SMJ Nos 17 and 18 in 1909. It is believed that during 1919 it regained its Marshall valve gear and also received some minor modifications when it visited Derby works in July 1923 including being repainted and receiving its LMS number 2309.

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