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24th July 1951
Locomotive
Casualty Report (Mechanical)
No.33027 (Q1) Clack Valve Failure
On Tuesday 24th July 1951 Q1 locomotive
no.33027 was working the 1.15am freight from Snodland to Maidstone when its
no.1 Injector clack valve seized at Snodland causing a sixty minute delay to
the train. The valve was reseated and cleaned with the locomotive return to
traffic.
Gillingham Driver Mick Bruce retained copies of the
Locomotive Casualty Report (Mechanical), Guard’s Report to Driver or
Motorman and Engineman’s Report passing them onto the son of George
Blakeman (the train’s fireman).
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Locomotive Casualty Report (Mechanical) - front © Motorman Blakeman |
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Locomotive Casualty Report (Mechanical) - rear © Motorman Blakeman |
On 27th July 1951, Gillingham’s
Loco Shed Master [E. Smith] recorded on the rear page of the Locomotive
Casualty Report (Mechanical) that the no.1 Injector clack valve had previously
been reported on 18th July 1951 as
“No.1 Clack keeps sticking
up. Valve cleaned and reseated”.
On 6th August 1951 Stewart’s
Lane signed on behalf of G.L. Nicholson (Divisional Motive Power
Superintendent) that
“The clack was fast owing to being filled up with water sediment apparently
trouble is experienced at Gillingham from this cause to blame on staff”.
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Guard’s Report to Driver or Motorman © Motorman Blakeman |
Maidstone
Guard’s (H.
Stroud) Report to Driver identified 60 minutes lost with the
driver stating
“No.1 injector boiler
clack stuck up. No.2 injector only working partially not sufficient to maintain
boiler, necessary to get clack down which I managed to do after procuring a
ladder to get to clack based. This accrued on standing time of train”.
Gillingham Driver (E.
Snipp) signed off on the form.
Gillingham Depot
Supervisor (E. Smith) remarked
“Please connect with driver’s
report sent 26th inst”.
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Engineman’s Report – Stamped 26th July 1951 © Motorman Blakeman |
In his Engineman’s
Report of the 1.15am Snodland to Maidstone train on Tuesday 24th
July 1951 Gillingham Driver E. Snipp made on Tuesday 24th July 1951
to Gillingham Shed Master E. Smith stated
“Sir, immediately on
starting time of above train the boiler clack of No.1 injector was only
partially working and was not sufficient to maintain the boiler. I procured a
ladder to reach clack base and eventually managed to get the clack down. I was
ready to start train at 2.0am. Time of occurrence 1.10am started train 2.15am.
Load of train 50 vehicles = 65”.
Locomotive
Fireman
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Fireman George Blakeman joined
British Railways in 1949 as a cleaner before becoming a fireman based at
Gillingham in 1950. With the forthcoming Kent Coast electrification he left
the railway in 1954 in favour of the boiler house at Bart’s Hospital,
Chatham. His son joined British Rail in 1978 at Stonebridge Park, moving to
Gillingham in 1982 and retiring as a motorman in 2022. © Motorman Blakeman |
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