Locomotives on the South Wales Railway in 1859
The
broad
gauge
South
Wales
Railway
opened
between
Chepstow
and
Swansea
on
18th
June
1850
and
was
extended
in
stages
–
in
the
east
to
Gloucester
by
1852,
and
in
the
west
to
Neyland
by
1856.
The
line
was
managed
by
a
Joint
Committee
of
Directors
from
the
South
Wales
Railway
and
the
Great
Western
Railway,
the
Great
Western
providing
the
engines
and
rolling
stock
and
the
South
Wales
company
the
accommodation
and
all
staff
except
the
enginemen.
This
arrangement
was
not
altogether
satisfactory
and
in
1853
a
dispute
over
the
charges
made
by
the
Great
Western
for
provision
of
rolling
stock
and
working
the
traffic
was
settled
in
an
arbitration
award
by
Sir
William
Cubitt.
The
award
was
to
continue
in
force
for
four
years
until
30th
June
1857,
after
which,
with
six
months
notice,
either
side
could
apply
for
renegotiation.
The
S.W.R
applied
as
soon
as
it
was
able
to,
and
Frederick
G.
Saunders,
Secretary
of
the
S.W.R,
and
Daniel
Gooch,
Loco.
Superintendent
of
the
G.W.R,
were
appointed
as
arbitrators.
However
they
were
unable
to
reach
an
agreement
and
Captain
Douglas
Galton
of
the
Royal
Engineers
was
subsequently
named
by
the
Board
of
Trade
to
act
as
umpire.
He
made
a
new
arbitration
award
1
on
22nd September 1859. The award ran to 51 clauses, clause 9 of which stated that:
"Until
the
first
Requisition
shall
have
been
made
and
the
period
within
which
the
stock
therein
called
for
shall
have
expired,
the
stock
now
in
use
upon
the
Railway
or
so
much
thereof
as
the
Committee
may
consider necessary, shall continue in use upon the Railway subject to the provisions herein contained.”
In
order
to
decide
how
much
stock
was
required
Saunders
wrote
to
Gooch
2
asking
for
“…
a
statement
of
the
locomotive
and
other
stock
upon
the
South
Wales
Line
on
the
22nd
September
last,
specifying
the
different classes of stock and distinguishing the goods engines from the passenger engines... ”
This
request
resulted
in
a
handwritten
table
being
drawn
up
of
the
engines
in
steam,
spare
and
under
repair
on
22nd
September
1859
at
each
of
the
stations
on
the
South
Wales
Railway
2
.
The
table
reproduced
below
lists
passenger
and
goods
engines
separately,
and
has
some
rough
working
out
of
figures in red ink in another hand.
The table is transcribed below (excluding the annotations in red ink).
Gooch summarised the findings in his reply to to Saunders
2
:
Passenger engines in steam each week
22
Spare engines
5
Engines under sleight repair
3
Goods engines in steam each week
19
Banking and yard work
3
Spare
4
Under sleight shed repairs
3
Bogies in steam
2
Spare but that week under sleight repairs
1
Some
engines
at
Cheltenham
and
Gloucester
were
not
included
in
Gooch's
figures
and
were
possibly
employed on other G.W.R. lines. These were:
Passenger:
Polar Star, Stilleto
at Cheltenham
Goods:
Pyracmon, Rhea, Romulus, Tweed, Volcano
at Gloucester
Bogies:
Corsair, Horace, Hesiod, Juvenal, Lucan, Statius
at Gloucester
The
Galton
award
was
to
run
for
four
years
from
1st
July
1857
but
further
disputes
arose,
and
the
South
Wales Railway was eventually amalgamated with the Great Western in 1863.
References
1.
National
Archives,
RAIL
640/43,
Award
of
Capt.
Douglas
Galton
(umpire)
as
to
locomotives
and
rolling stock for working South Wales Railway (with printed copy), 22 Sept.1859
2.
National Archives, RAIL 640/53, List of locomotives, Sept.1859
© Richard Smith 2012-19. All rights reserved.
Locomotives on the South Wales
Railway in 1859
The
broad
gauge
South
Wales
Railway
opened
between
Chepstow
and
Swansea
on
18th
June
1850
and
was
extended
in
stages
–
in
the
east
to
Gloucester
by
1852,
and
in
the
west
to
Neyland
by
1856.
The
line
was
managed
by
a
Joint
Committee
of
Directors
from
the
South
Wales
Railway
and
the
Great
Western
Railway,
the
Great
Western
providing
the
engines
and
rolling
stock
and
the
South
Wales
company
the
accommodation
and
all
staff
except
the
enginemen.
This
arrangement
was
not
altogether
satisfactory
and
in
1853
a
dispute
over
the
charges
made
by
the
Great
Western
for
provision
of
rolling
stock
and
working
the
traffic
was
settled
in
an
arbitration
award
by
Sir
William
Cubitt.
The
award
was
to
continue
in
force
for
four
years
until
30th
June
1857,
after
which,
with
six
months
notice,
either
side
could
apply
for
renegotiation.
The
S.W.R
applied
as
soon
as
it
was
able
to,
and
Frederick
G.
Saunders,
Secretary
of
the
S.W.R,
and
Daniel
Gooch,
Loco.
Superintendent
of
the
G.W.R,
were
appointed
as
arbitrators.
However
they
were
unable
to
reach
an
agreement
and
Captain
Douglas
Galton
of
the
Royal
Engineers
was
subsequently
named
by
the
Board
of
Trade
to
act
as
umpire.
He
made
a
new
arbitration
award
1
on
22nd
September
1859.
The
award
ran
to
51
clauses,
clause 9 of which stated that:
"Until
the
first
Requisition
shall
have
been
made
and
the
period
within
which
the
stock
therein
called
for
shall
have
expired,
the
stock
now
in
use
upon
the
Railway
or
so
much
thereof
as
the
Committee
may
consider
necessary,
shall
continue
in
use
upon
the Railway subject to the provisions herein contained.”
In
order
to
decide
how
much
stock
was
required
Saunders
wrote
to
Gooch
2
asking
for
“…
a
statement
of
the
locomotive
and
other
stock
upon
the
South
Wales
Line
on
the
22nd
September
last,
specifying
the
different
classes
of
stock
and
distinguishing
the
goods engines from the passenger engines... ”
This
request
resulted
in
a
handwritten
table
being
drawn
up
of
the
engines
in
steam,
spare
and
under
repair
on
22nd
September
1859
at
each
of
the
stations
on
the
South
Wales
Railway
2
.
The
table
reproduced
below
lists
passenger
and
goods
engines
separately,
and
has
some
rough
working
out
of
figures
in
red
ink
in another hand.
The
table
is
transcribed
below
(excluding
the
annotations
in
red
ink).
Gooch summarised the findings in his reply to to Saunders
2
:
Passenger engines in steam each week
22
Spare engines
5
Engines under sleight repair
3
Goods engines in steam each week
19
Banking and yard work
3
Spare
4
Under sleight shed repairs
3
Bogies in steam
2
Spare but that week under sleight repairs
1
Some
engines
at
Cheltenham
and
Gloucester
were
not
included
in
Gooch's
figures
and
were
possibly
employed
on
other
G.W.R.
lines. These were:
Passenger:
Polar Star, Stilleto
at Cheltenham
Goods:
Pyracmon,
Rhea,
Romulus,
Tweed,
Volcano
at
Gloucester
Bogies:
Corsair,
Horace,
Hesiod,
Juvenal,
Lucan,
Statius
at Gloucester
The
Galton
award
was
to
run
for
four
years
from
1st
July
1857
but
further
disputes
arose,
and
the
South
Wales
Railway
was
eventually amalgamated with the Great Western in 1863.
References
1.
National
Archives,
RAIL
640/43,
Award
of
Capt.
Douglas
Galton
(umpire)
as
to
locomotives
and
rolling
stock
for
working
South
Wales
Railway
(with
printed
copy),
22
Sept.1859
2.
National
Archives,
RAIL
640/53,
List
of
locomotives,
Sept.1859
© Richard Smith 2012-19. All rights reserved.
