35009 Shaw Savill
35009 Shaw Savill stood inside Woodham Brothers scrapyard.
Type and origin Power type Steam Builder Eastleigh Works Build date Jul 1942 Rebuild date Mar 1957
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 4-6-2 Gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Driver dia. 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Wheelbase 61 ft 6 in (18.75 m) Length 71 ft 7¾ in (21.84 m) Total weight 94 tons 15 cwt (96,270 kg, c. 212,240 lb) Boiler pressure 280 psi (19.31 bar; 1.93 MPa), later reduced to 250 psi (17.24 bar; 1.72 MPa) Cylinders 3 Cylinder size 18 in bore x 24 in stoke (457 x 610 mm) Loco brake Vacuum (Air brakes fitted) Safety systems AWS, TPWS, OTMR, GSM-R
Performance figures Tractive effort 33,495 lbf (149.0 kN) (previously 37,515 lbf (166.9 kN))
Career Operators British Railways Class Merchant Navy Power class SR: A BR: 8P Numbers SR 21C09 BR 35009 Official name Shaw Savill Withdrawn September 1964 Current owner Ian Riley

SR Merchant Navy Class No. 35009 Shaw Savill is a 're-built' SR Merchant Navy class 'Pacific' (4-6-2) steam locomotive, named after the Shaw Savill Line, a British merchant shipping company. The locomotive was built at Eastleigh Works in June 1942 in its original air-smoothed form, and given the number 21C9. One of a batch of eight Merchant Navy class locomotives whose air-smoothed casing was made of asbestos board, 21C9 was from the start in wartime black livery.^[1] It was allocated to Salisbury shed.^[2]

Between 1945 and 1947, the Merchant Navy class were repainted in Malachite green livery, with yellow lining. 21C9 was one of several in a variant of this livery, in which the smokebox cowls were painted green instead of black.^[3] Shaw Savill was repainted in British Railways blue livery in August 1949, and in Brunswick Green in February 1953.^[4]

Between 1956 and 1960, locomotives of the Merchant Navy class were rebuilt and the air-smoothed casing removed. Shaw Savill was rebuilt in March 1957,^[5] withdrawn from service in July 1964^[5] and arrived at Woodham Brothers scrapyard in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales, in December 1964. At the time of withdrawal it had travelled 1,127,452 miles.^[6]

Some time after 1984, the locomotive left Barry for preservation on the Mid Hants Railway (Watercress Line). It spent just over 4 years there but with the Mid Hants railway buying more locos it was decided to move 35009 Shaw Savill again, to Bury.^[6]

By late 2009, Shaw Savill lay dismantled at Buckley Wells shed in Bury. Its current owner Ian Riley had previously offered the locomotive for sale.^[7] By 2019, Shaw Savill was still in unrestored condition following years of storage outside the shed in Bury; in September it was announced that the engine was to be restored to working order. The engine's frames, boiler and other parts were moved to Riley & Son Ltd in Heywood for restoration to mainline standard.^[8]

Photographic chronology

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  35009 Shaw Savill (left) with Battle of Britain class 34073 249 Squadron (right)
  at Woodham's Scrapyard, Barry in 1984
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  Boiler of Shaw Savill in the yard at Baron street, Bury

References

External links

• 35009 page on Riley & Son (E) Ltd website – includes photos and 'For Sale' ad
• A picture of Shaw Savill at the Barry Scrapyard