Former Solway Junction and Caledonian Railway 0-6-0 as LMS 17101
The Solway Junction Railway was built by an independent railway company to shorten the route from ironstone mines in Cumberland to ironworks in Lanarkshire and Ayrshire. It opened in 1869, and it involved a viaduct 1 mile 8 chains long crossing the Solway Firth, as well as approach lines connecting existing railways on both sides. In 1895 it was amalgamated with the Caledonian Railway. The Solway Junction Railway decided from the outset to work its own line. It acquired four locomotives from Neilson and Company. Nos. 1 and 2 were 0-4-2 well tanks and nos. 3 and 4 were 0-4-2 tender engines. In 1868 two further locomotives were ordered; nos 5 and 6 were 0-6-0 tender engines, also from Neilson; they never bore their SJR numbers, going straight to the Caledonian Railway numbering series. CR 382 (SiR 6), entered service as CR 543 and was duplicated as 543A in 1892. Recapitalised as CR 382 in 1897 and rebuilt in 1903, it became LMS 17102 and was withdrawn in 1928. The sister, shown here, was withdrawn in 1927 as LMS 17101
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Keywords: 0-6-0, 17101, caledonian, junction, lms, lmsr, locomotive, railway, scotland, scottish, solway, steam
