LNWR 3020 Cornwall
LNWR 3020 Cornwall was resident on the SVR between 1979 and 1982.
Cornwall was designed by Frances Trevithick in collaboration with Thomas Crampton and completed at the LNWR’s Crewe works in 1847, and numbered 173. It was completely reconstructed in 1858 to a 2-2-2 and was renumbered to 3020 in 1885. Its present condition dates from 1887.
The locomotive has single 8’ 6” driving wheels, which made it capable of high speeds. It worked until 1905, mainly hauling express trains between Liverpool and Manchester, Crewe and (London) Euston. Between 1913 and 1922 it was was fitted with a combined tender and saloon and used to haul the Chief Mechanical Engineer’s Special Saloon. Once retired in 1927, Cornwall was normally kept in the Crewe Works paint shop when not being displayed at exhibitions.
In its original 4-2-2 form Cornwall was exhibited at the Great Exhibition of 1851. It took part in the centenary celebrations of the Stockton & Darlington Railway in 1925 and the Liverpool & Manchester centenary in 1930.
Cornwall was lent to the SVR in August 1979 by the Department of Education and Science, with the intention of being restored to working order. The locomotive was scheduled to take part in the Rocket 150 celebrations at Rainhill, but was forced to withdraw when the BR boiler inspector put his hammer right through the front ring of the boiler barrel! After further consideration, the cost of repairs to the boiler were deemed too expensive by the SVR and the Department of Education and Science. In September 1982 3020 Cornwall returned to York.
The locomotive is part of the National Collection of the NRM. It has been exhibited at the Museum of British Transport at Clapham and the NRM at York and Shildon. In 2017 it was loaned to the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre, initially for a two-year period, where it resides.
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
SVR News
Severn Valley Railway Stock Book, seventh edition.
Links[edit | edit source]
- NRM Collection page for 3020 Cornwall (Retrieved 25 August 2024).
- LNWR 2-2-2 3020 Cornwall on Wikipedia
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